ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Delta Air Lines is asking a bankruptcy court to let it close two-thirds of its 24 gates at Florida's Orlando International Airport.
The change "does not signal a reduced commitment by Delta to the Orlando market," Delta spokesman Anthony Black said, adding that the airline will not decrease its average of 115 daily flights, he said, though the number of seats will drop.
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The move follows the recent ascendancy of low-cost Southwest Airlines, which overtook Delta in market share at Orlando, even with Delta's wholly owned subsidiary Comair included in the numbers, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel said Friday.