Delta Is Scrapping Its Daytime Flight to Paris — What to Know

05.09.2024 - 15:11 / travelandleisure.com / John F.Kennedy / Paris Olympics

Passengers heading to Paris will soon lose a popular daytime service that departs from the U.S. in the morning and arrives by evening.

Delta Air Lines confirmed to Travel + Leisure that it will discontinue its daylight flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) on Saturday, October 26. The nonstop flight operates once daily, departing New York at 8:30 a.m. before arriving in Paris at 10 p.m., though other overnight red-eye options from Delta will continue to be available.

This service, which was first introduced earlier this spring, is currently the airline’s only morning departure to Europe from its New York hub. Delta launched this option as a third nonstop service for the peak summer travel season and to meet increased demand for the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, Delta announced this third daily flight would be converted to a red-eye flight by next summer.

“Customers can continue to travel from New York to Paris this winter with two daily Delta flights in the evening, or through our joint venture partner Air France, which offers five daily flights,” the airline shared in a statement with T+L. “Those holding bookings beyond March 29 have been notified by Delta and accommodated on other flights. We apologize for any inconvenience."

The airline’s other flights to Paris — along with the vast majority of its eastbound routes to Europe — depart in the evening as overnight services. Therefore, this daytime flight has helped many fliers reduce the effects of jet lag, as travelers often go straight to bed after the approximately 7.5-hour journey to France.

With the schedule update, there will soon be no other daytime flight options from New York to Paris. However, there are several early morning departures to choose from on nonstop flights from New York to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), offered by American Airlines, British Airways, JetBlue, and Virgin Atlantic.