Delta unveils 12 new and expanded transatlantic routes as part of largest-ever summer schedule

20.09.2024 - 13:07 / thepointsguy.com

Delta Air Lines wants to take you to Europe next summer.

The Atlanta-based carrier unveiled on Friday its transatlantic schedule for summer 2025, and it includes six new routes, an exciting new destination and expanded service to some of the most popular markets across Europe.

There's lots to get excited about, especially if you're planning a big European vacation next year. Read on for all the details.

Headlining the announcement is the addition of six new routes, including one brand-new destination. All of the routes begin in May 2025, and we'll update the story with the exact start dates once they're confirmed.

Delta already serves five of the six aforementioned markets with service from other domestic hubs, but the new service to Catania on the east coast of Sicily is an intriguing new addition (and likely to be popular among White Lotus fans) heading to this region. That's especially true since there hasn't historically been a nonstop flight from the U.S. to this island.

Overall, Delta thinks that travelers will want to visit Italy next summer. Four of the six new routes are to Italy, and the airline even marketed its all-in-one Italian vacation packages as a headline in the Friday announcement.

Furthermore, this past summer, Delta launched new service to Naples with flights from New York, and just a year later, the airline is back with its second route to Naples — this time, from Atlanta.

Delta will be the largest U.S. carrier in the Italian market next summer, offering 10% more service than this year. (Interestingly, the route from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Rome is technically a resumption, as the carrier last served the market in the summer of 2016, Cirium schedules show.)

Other interesting additions include the two new services from Boston — a hub that Delta has tried to fortify in recent years against JetBlue and other incumbents. Even though Delta's New York hub is the carrier's primary Northeast transatlantic gateway, it still offers service to top nonstop destinations from Boston that appeal to both locals and others who want to connect in Boston to avoid the what can be a busy and delay-prone New York airspace that sees frequent ground-delay programs.

In addition, Milan is Boston's largest unserved European market, so the new Delta service could appeal to travelers in the local market. Meanwhile, the Boston-to-Barcelona route is already served by Iberia.

Delta's new flight from Detroit to Dublin will complement the airline's existing service to the Irish capital from four other U.S. hubs: Atlanta, Boston, New York-JFK, and Minneapolis-St. Paul.

In addition to the new routes, Delta is also boosting existing service on five transatlantic routes next summer, including:

It's likely no surprise