Delta Air Lines is back with a bunch of exciting new routes.
This time, however, the Atlanta-based carrier is primarily strengthening the point-to-point connection, rather than adding more spokes to its main hub airports.
Specifically, the airline will add the following five routes by the end of the year, as confirmed by airline spokesman Drake Castañeda.
- Austin Las Vegas.
- Austin-Orlando.
- Las Vegas — Sacramento.
- Las Vegas-San Diego.
- New York — Nassau, Bahamas.
All of the aforementioned routes will begin on October 9, except for the new LaGuardia service, which will take off on December 16 — just in time for the busy winter break.
Delta will fly between Las Vegas and San Diego twice a day, and other new flights will operate on a once-daily basis. These new flights will be added to Delta’s schedule over the weekend and will be available for booking no later than Monday, July 10.
As you can see, the addition of airlines from Austin and Las Vegas does not involve a hub. Instead, these point-to-point flights connect busy origin and destination (O&D) markets where there is a lot of constant demand. (It’s also why Delta will have so much competition on these routes from competitors from American Airlines to Spirit Airlines to Southwest Airlines, and even a few others.)
Interestingly, Austin has been one of the hottest aviation markets in recent years. During the pandemic, the Texas capital saw an increase in service from a range of airlines; Perhaps most notably, the Americans added Multiple batches of new routes as it grows its presence in the city.
Before the pandemic, Delta made Austin one of its five focus cities — those cities are Austin, Cincinnati, Nashville, Raleigh-Durham and San Jose, California — a list. since being reduced only to two main airports: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) and Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU).
As such, since Austin remains the airline’s focus city, Delta’s growth there is not surprising. The airline last flew between Austin and Orlando in January 2015, according to Cirium’s schedule, while the route to Las Vegas is its new service.
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As one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country, Austin has seen a large number of companies move to the area. Plus, with the city’s vibrant arts and entertainment scene, it’s a popular destination for leisure travelers.
Together with Delta, American, alaska, loyalty atmosphere, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue And Southwest recently announced new routes to Austin.
As for Vegas, the city also welcomes millions of business and leisure travelers each year, and Delta’s new routes there will help strengthen its presence in Sin City and along the West Coast. (Notably, the Vegas to San Diego route is technically resuming from April 2020, according to Cirium’s schedule.)
Finally, there’s an exciting new seasonal daily flight from New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) to Nassau that will launch on December 16 and will run until April 7, 2024.
You don’t often see new international services to and from LGA, as the airport does not provide a federal checkpoint for customs and immigration procedures. Therefore, the only international flights that can fly to LaGuardia are those coming from destination is cleared first provide US customs and immigration prior to departure.
One such airport is Nassau, so when you arrive at LaGuardia you will essentially be treated as if you had landed on a domestic flight.
Adding this new service from New York will go head-to-head with Current JetBlue flight in this market. LaGuardia is Airport of choice for many New York City residents, so Delta should have no problem marketing this new service to people looking for fun in the sun this winter.
Delta last flew between the two cities in January 2017, and the airline’s existing service from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Nassau is unchanged as part of the update. This.
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