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 will also increase service on popular routes like Atlanta to Paris, Boston to Athens, and New York (JFK) to Barcelona.
“There’s never been a better time to explore Europe on Delta, and customers looking ahead to summer adventures abroad will find plenty of inspiring options – coupled with the premium services and amenities we know Delta customers anticipate and enjoy,” Joe Esposito, Delta’s senior vice president of network planning, said in a statement obtained by Travel + Leisure.
The airline also shared an update for the recently announced service between Los Angeles and Auckland, New Zealand, which debuts on Oct. 28. Delta said that due to strong demand, it will be increasing the service from what was initially going to be seasonal service, to year-round service.
Source: Travel Leisure
