As the summer travel season comes to a close, one airline is giving travelers a reason to start planning next summer's vacation. Delta Air Lines announced it will be operating its largest trans-Atlantic flight schedule ever, debuting just in time for summer 2024. The airline will be adding new destinations including Naples and bringing back service to Shannon, Ireland. According to Delta, next summer it will operate 260 weekly flights to 18 countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). This includes a new flight from JFK to Munich three times a week that will start on April 9, 2024, and a daily nonstop flight to Shannon, Ireland that will begin on May 23, 2024. The carrier will expand its existing service to Italy — it already flies to Milan, Venice, and Rome — with a new daily service to Naples. It will also resume service between Atlanta and Zurich, Switzerland, four times a week, which had originally been cut in 2019.
Delta Just Announced New Flights Across the U.S. for 2024
15.09.2023 - 21:09 / travelandleisure.com / Lake Tahoe
While many travelers are planning fall getaways or holiday season travels, Delta Air Lines is looking ahead even further with new destinations for next summer’s travel season.
Announced on Friday, the airline will launch new service connecting virtually every corner of the United States starting on June 7, 2024, including daily flights from its main hub in Atlanta to Fresno Santa Barbara in California. The airline is also launching a new service on July 8, 2024 from Dallas to Seattle twice daily.
Another addition is service from Atlanta and Los Angeles to Aspen, Colorado. Described as a ‘top-requested destination by Delta’s customers’, the airline will operate daily flights year-round for both hubs where Atlanta will offer twice-daily service during the popular winter ski season.
The airline is also announcing the return of routes that had previously been abandoned including Atlanta to Burbank and Oakland in California, and Reno, Nevada.
Delta is also bringing back flights including:
The new flight routes, which will connect travelers to popular attractions such as Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park will be available for booking starting Saturday, September 16 for travel that will begin next summer in 2024, according to a release from the airline.
«By reopening service to Santa Barbara and delivering more ways to access sought-after destinations throughout the U.S. West, we’re more ready than ever to take our customers on their next great adventures – with the service, reliability and convenience they’ve come to know and expect when flying Delta,» Delta’s Senior Vice President of Network Planning Joe Esposito said in a statement.
The flight announcements come just days after Delta made significant changes to both their SkyMiles loyalty program, and access into the airline’s SkyClub lounges. The airline also announced this week that is has updated its in-flight food and beverage menu.
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