Delta to restart flights between S.L. to Tokyo

Delta Air Lines Inc. says it will resume nonstop service between Salt Lake City and Tokyo next summer.

Delta dropped the flights Oct. 1 after a few months, citing diminished demand and fallout from the swine flu.

Delta says it will resume the Tokyo flights five times a week next summer.

The plan was part of Delta's announcement Tuesday of sweeping changes for its international routes, flights and plane types.

The world's biggest airline operator says new and expanded nonstop routes will be focused on trans-Pacific, trans-Atlantic and Africa flights.

Delta's acquisition last year of Northwest Airlines gave it more ability to shift larger planes onto more profitable routes and use smaller planes on less profitable routes.