US airline eyes Cape Town run

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Delta Air Lines, which says it is the only United States-based carrier between South Africa and the US, on Wednesday announced plans for flights to Cape Town.

Subject to government approvals, from June2008 there would be three weekly flights between the city and New York's John F Kennedy Airport, via Dakar.

Delta said it already ran a daily service between Johannesburg and Atlanta.