Delta Air Lines is stepping up its investment in leisure transcontinental flight routes.
The Atlanta-based airline announced a variety of new flights on Friday, including several to Hawaii. The increased leisure flight roster will also include a new route from Seattle to Miami.
Delta Senior Vice President of Network Planning, Joe Esposito, said the new routes are part of a decade-long effort focused on “refining” the airline’s footprint to match increased demand.
The carrier will offer a whopping 22 daily non-stop flights next winter to Hawaii. That figure includes new daily, seasonal non-stop service between Boston and Honolulu that’s slated to begin November 21 and run through April 30.
Delta also announced a second daily flight from Salt Lake City to Honolulu as of November 6. The Salt Lake City route will run through March 29. In addition, for those in Seattle, there will be a third daily flight from the city to Honolulu added to the Delta flight lineup. That route kicks off on December 21 and will be available until March 20.
In still more Hawaii-bound news, Delta is set to become the sole carrier to serve Maui from the East Coast of the United States. On November 21, the airline will resume service from Atlanta to Maui, a route that will be available until March 29.
All of the new route announcements mean Delta will service four Hawaiian destinations from eight U.S. origination points.
As for Miami, starting next winter, Delta will offer 38 peak-day departures to 13 destinations from Miami, including kicking off a daily, year-round route to Seattle on December 21.
Boeing 767-300ER and the Airbus A321neo will service many of the new flight routes. The Airbus A321neo is among the Delta planes that have new first-class seating available.
source: travelpulse.com