Delta Expands Flights from New York to More Domestic, Caribbean Destinations

Delta Expands Flights from New York to More Domestic, Caribbean Destinations
By James Shillinglaw

Delta Air Lines detailed new plans to expand flights from New York City’s JFK and LaGuardia airports with 12 new daily flights to 11 domestic and Caribbean destinations in spring and summer 2012.

Delta said in March it will add new frequencies between New York-JFK and Santo Domingo and Santiago, Dominican Republic; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Delta also will launch new nonstop service between New York-LaGuardia and Nassau, Bahamas.

In addition, Delta in June will add new routes and frequencies to seven U.S. cities from New York-JFK, including Austin, Texas; Jacksonville, Fla.; Kansas City, Mo.; New Orleans; Milwaukee; San Francisco; and Los Angeles. With a new daily flight in each city, Delta will offer a total of eight peak-day flights to Los Angeles and six peak-day to San Francisco from New York-JFK.

All flights will be operated with dual-class aircraft. Tickets will be available for sale Nov. 12 at delta.com and other ticketing outlets. For full schedule details of Delta's new flights, click on Delta New York schedule.

Delta also announced introductory one-way fares for its new Caribbean service from New York. Sample fares are as follows: New York-JFK to San Juan, $99; New York-JFK to Santiago, $119; New York-JFK to Santo Domingo, $119; New York-LaGuardia to Nassau, $99.

Delta said it has made major investments across the New York region over the past decade, boosting its economic impact to more than $13 billion annually. The carrier is building an expanded concourse as part of a $1.2 billion project to enhance Terminal 4 at New York-JFK.

Delta also recently received approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for a slot transaction with US Airways which will allow it to approximately double the number of nonstop destinations it serves from LaGuardia, adding as many as four million additional roundtrip seats available at LaGuardia without increasing congestion.