Delta will run one daily flight in each direction, with the eastbound flight leaving Newark's Liberty Airport at 6:50 p.m. local time, and the westbound flight departing Charles DeGaulle Airport at 1:30 p.m. local.

WSJ: Delta launching flights between Newark, Paris

In 1932, Scottish aviator Jim Mollison made the first westbound transatlantic solo flight, from Portmarnock, Ireland, to Pennfield, New Brunswick.

CNN: Monday,