LAN, a Chilean airline, ended its weekly service between Punta Arenas and Port Stanley at the request of Chile's government (displeased by Augusto Pinochet's detention in Britain).
During the past year, Delta was named domestic "Airline of the Year" by the readers of Travel Weekly magazine, was named the "Top Tech-Friendly U.S. Airline" by PCWorld magazine for its innovation in technology and won the Business Travel News Annual Airline Survey.
The 24 weekly flights to and from Amsterdam, 12 weekly flights to and from Paris Charles de Gaulle, eight weekly flights to and from Milan's Malpensa airport, and six weekly services to and from Geneva will be operated by Swiss-based Darwin Airline.