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Los Angeles has one of the largest Belizean Americans populations, but to get there, or to get to here from there, travelers have always had to take a connecting flight from LA to either Miami, Houston, Dallas, or Charlotte, and then fly from those cities to Belize. Well, Los Angeles is now open to Belize on a direct flight from Delta Airlines, which officially opened for business on Saturday. Daniel Ortiz was there:

150 passengers arrived on that first flight from LA.

Channel 7

"We are celebrating 15 years of Delta´s service in Central America, connecting local travelers with a growing number of places in the United States and other international destinations", said Maria Fernanda Price, Regional Manager for Delta in Central America and the Caribbean. "Our new non-stop flight between Los Angeles and Belize City allows Belize's travelers access to Delta's global network, an enhanced travel experience, and demonstrates our commitment with Central America region".
 
Customers will enjoy the benefits of the $229 million expansion and enhancement of Terminal 5 at Los Angeles International Airport, the construction project has already begun and is scheduled to take place in several phases with full completion in 2015.
 
The new flight schedule is as follows:
Departure                                                      Arrival
Los Angeles (LAX) at 12:20 a.m.                  Belize (BZE) at 07:00 a.m.                Saturday
Belize (BZE) at 10:30 a.m.                           Los Angeles (LAX) at 1:50 p.m.         Saturday
 
Delta is the only airline offering the convenience of non-stop service between Los Angeles and Belize City. The new route will complement Delta's existing services between Belize City and Atlanta.

Aarrgghh! The terminology regarding air travel really should be publicized appropriately.

NONSTOP - is what the new Delta flight is called. Meaning it originates in one city and ends in another without any stops.

DIRECT - a flight that originates in one city, has a stop (or more) but no change of aircraft, and ends in another city. Very much like the Tropic flights from west or south.

CONNECTING - a flight that originates in one city. The passenger will disembark in another city and have a different aircraft/flight number to catch to another city that may or may not be their destination and sometimes may even be a different carrier.

Ok. I'm better now.