Long haul traffic was up 5pc but the lucrative, and for airlines crucial, north Atlantic routes showed only a 0.6pc rise.

Which remains the record to date for the longer 2850 nm and original North Atlantic route.

These modifications were necessary to better meet weather conditions on the colder Atlantic route.

His company invested $3 billion in new tracks and trains for the Atlantic route.

Delta and the three European airlines currently have a combined market share of almost 17 percent on the highly competitive Atlantic routes.

He spent the next four years as a seaman primarily sailing Atlantic routes.

About 35 other stations along the Atlantic route are being remodeled.

People-smugglers are all too keen to use the Atlantic route, since Spain's border fence was erected in 2005.

One effect, for example, would be the omission of the Atlantic routes.

In the meantime, the DC-8s were servicing the trans Atlantic routes.