Delta Air Lines has connected its Detroit hub and South America for the first time, with new nonstop service to Sao Paulo, Brazil, the airline's latest expansion into Latin America.

The inaugural flight is scheduled to depart from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport at 7:30 p.m., arriving in Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport at 8 a.m. the following day.

Service will operate twice weekly through Dec. 15, when it will increase to five days each week to coincide with the start of the Brazilian tourist season.

The launch marks Delta's most recent international flight from Detroit, which is a growing global gateway for the airline. In recent months Delta has added new service from Detroit to Seoul-Incheon and Hong Kong and expanded flights to Shanghai. Next year, Delta will begin nonstop service between Detroit and Haneda Airport in Tokyo, which will open for trans-Pacific flights for the first time in three decades.

To Brazil, Delta currently offers service between Atlanta and Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Manaus and the capital city of Brasilia; and service between New York-JFK and Sao Paulo.

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