Delta Air Traces is about to broaden its service to Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America in a giant approach subsequent winter.
The Atlanta-based provider on Friday introduced two new island locations within the Caribbean. Starting in December, Delta will fly nonstop from its house base at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport (ATL) to St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Argyle Worldwide Airport (SVD) and Grenada’s Maurice Bishop Worldwide Airport (GND), the latter of which it final served from in 2020.
And people two new pins on Delta’s route map will not be the one new alternatives vacationers must fly the airline to tropical locations.
On Friday, Delta introduced eight further routes to well-liked trip spots in Puerto Rico, Mexico and different islands within the Caribbean. It is bringing again a handful of routes to Cancun, Mexico, it hasn’t served in a number of years whereas persevering with its quick development at Austin-Bergstrom Worldwide Airport (AUS) and Raleigh-Durham Worldwide Airport (RDU) in North Carolina.
All of those new or resuming routes will launch in December, providing vacationers a warm-weather getaway when the climate turns chilly in a lot of the continental U.S.
This is a rundown of the brand new service.
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Delta’s 2 new Caribbean locations
Headlining Friday’s route announcement was Delta’s plan to hyperlink Atlanta to 2 Caribbean islands it does not presently serve.
On Dec. 20, the provider will launch flights on Boeing 737-800s from ATL to SVD on the island of St. Vincent, a part of the Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and GND in Grenada.
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Each locations are house to an array of accommodations you’ll be able to e-book with factors, together with the area’s first Six Senses property in Grenada. It is bookable by way of IHG One Rewards.
“With two brand-new locations within the Jap Caribbean, Delta is increasing its providing within the area, with much more seats to Latin America and the Caribbean this winter,” Paul Baldoni, Delta’s senior vp of community planning, stated in a assertion asserting the information.
The every day nonstop flights will run by way of April 12, 2026.
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New and returning routes to Mexico and the Caribbean
Together with its two new island locations, Delta plans to hyperlink extra U.S. cities — together with many that are not its personal hubs — with tropical trip spots.
These new routes all launch Dec. 20, proper as the vacation journey season is starting. Some will run by way of the winter months, with others deliberate solely for the vacation rush.
| Route | Date | Frequency | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Worldwide Airport (BNA) to Cancun Worldwide Airport (CUN) in Mexico | Dec. 20 by way of April 12 | Saturdays | Final flown in 2020 |
| Indianapolis Worldwide Airport (IND) to CUN | Dec. 20 by way of April 12 | Saturdays | Final flown in 2020 |
| Kansas Metropolis Worldwide Airport (MCI) in Missouri to CUN | Dec. 20 by way of April 12 | Saturdays | Final flown in 2020 |
| AUS to Los Cabos Worldwide Airport (SJD) in Mexico | Dec. 20 by way of Jan. 5 | Day by day | New route |
| RDU to Luis Muñoz Marín Worldwide Airport (SJU) in San Juan, Puerto Rico | Dec. 20 by way of April 12 | Saturdays | New route |
| Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS) to Cyril E. King Airport (STT) on St. Thomas within the U.S. Virgin Islands | Dec. 20 by way of Jan. 5 | Day by day | Final flown in 2022 |
| Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) to Lynden Pindling Worldwide Airport (NAS) in Nassau, Bahamas | Dec. 20 by way of April 12 | Saturdays | Final flew repeatedly scheduled service in 2020 |
| DTW to Owen Roberts Worldwide Airport (GCM) within the Cayman Islands | Dec. 20 by way of April 12 | Saturdays | Final flown in 2020 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul Worldwide Airport (MSP) to NAS | Dec. 20 by way of April 12 | Saturdays | Final flown in 2020 |
These new leisure-oriented routes are along with Delta’s beforehand introduced new nonstop service between Austin and Cancun.
Final 12 months, airways famous declining earnings on routes to the Caribbean and Latin America amid stiff competitors amongst carriers that had beforehand added a ton of flights to the area — however carriers have begun including new flights to these locations once more, of late. American Airways, for one, not too long ago introduced service to Punta Cana within the Dominican Republic from a number of U.S. cities.
Extra every day flights
Along with these new and resuming routes, Delta is planning to up its variety of every day flights to a number of cities in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
Extra every day frequencies from Atlanta to Punta Cana; St. Thomas; Guatemala Metropolis; San Salvador, El Salvador; Panama Metropolis; Belize Metropolis, Belize; and Guadalajara, Mexico, shall be out there through the peak winter months.
The provider will even add further every day flights to CUN from BOS, DTW, Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX) and New York Metropolis’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK). And, it is planning extra every day flights from LAX and Salt Lake Metropolis Worldwide Airport (SLC) to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Worldwide Airport (PVR) in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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