New flights between Edinburgh and New York have been launched this week by Delta.

The daily non-stop flights took off for the first time yesterday (May 1st) using Boeing 757-200 ETOPS aircraft, which can carry up to 16 business class passengers and 158 economy flyers.

Travellers on the flights take off from Edinburgh at 11:50 BST, landing in the Big Apple at 14:35 local time.

Meanwhile, the return leg departs from New York at 22:00 local time, arriving in Edinburgh at 10:20 BST.

"Delta's new flight connecting New York to Edinburgh continues our successful international expansion, which includes 13 new international destinations this year," commented Glen Hauenstein of Delta.

The airline celebrated 30 years of offering transatlantic flights earlier this week, with the carrier's first such service taking off from Atlanta for Gatwick Airport on April 30th 1978. It now operates about 37 transatlantic routes.

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