08:42 PM PST on Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. - Delta Air Lines has announced that beginning March 1 it will introduce new daily nonstop jet service between Salt Lake City and Medford, and Salt Lake City and the Bend/Redmond area.

Delta says customers in both Medford and Redmond/Bend will have two daily flights to Utah, where they will have access to over 375 daily Delta and Delta Connection flights.

With the new service, Delta and Delta Connection carriers will offer Oregon customers a total of 19 daily departures from four hometown airports - Eugene, Medford, Portland and Redmond/Bend.