Delta’s Inaugural Nonstop Flight to Belize

For the first time ever there is a red-eye flight to the Jewel and it comes courtesy of Delta Airlines, after much planning and meetings between the airline company and Belize’s Airline Development Committee.

But, in addition to that, the flight also goes down in history as the first direct flight from Los Angeles to Belize. The new flight schedule was inaugurated this past Saturday as passengers traveling on the flight were honored with certificates. News Five’s Duane Moody was there and has a report on the event.

Say goodbye to connecting flights when traveling to L.A…..that’s because, as of this past Saturday, courtesy of Delta Airlines, a direct flight from Los Angeles, California to Belize and back was installed into flight schedules.

The first ever red-eye flight to the jewel arrived at seven-thirty a.m. after some four and a half hour of airtime. And by ten-thirty a.m., was back in the air en route to the western state in the U.S.

For its arrival, there was a traditional welcome which featured the aircraft being sprayed by water courtesy of the national fire service. After landing, the crew, Delta executives and B.T.B. representatives gathered in the departure area to celebrate the inaugural flight; cutting the symbolic ribbon.