Miami may not officially be a hub for Delta Air Lines, but that doesn’t stop the airline from ramping up service from South Florida’s largest city.
This time, Delta will add a route from Miami to Nassau, Bahamas, but it’s a short 184-mile route that doesn’t seem to fit into the airline’s hub-and-spoke strategy.
The new daily service will begin on November 5 and will operate year-round with Boeing 737 aircraft.
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Separately, Delta Air Lines plans to cancel a new Boston-Mexico City route before it opens. First announced in May, the service was scheduled to launch later this year on December 21st.
The airline is now removing the route entirely from its schedule due to “commercial and operational considerations,” Delta said in a statement.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the Caribbean, Delta plans to expand year-round service between New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and Nassau. Also, starting Jan. 8, he will add his second daily flight on Saturday from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Aruba.
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All of these network changes have been confirmed by airline spokespersons and will be updated on Delta’s schedule over the weekend.
We have a lot to reveal in this announcement, including our new Miami route.
As mentioned earlier, Miami is not a hub for Delta Air Lines, but it is slowly becoming an important gateway city for the airline.
That’s thanks to the company’s early joint venture partnership with South American airline giant LATAM, which officially began less than a year ago.
Delta Air Lines shocked the industry in September 2019 by announcing it would acquire a 20% stake in Airline Latin America, pulling it out of the oneworld alliance. As part of the investment, Delta Air Lines is working to build strategic partnerships with Latin America, increasing its service to Latin America at key U.S. gateway airports.
The joint venture will allow both airlines to split revenue from flights between the United States and Canada and South America. The partnership also comes with an antitrust exemption, allowing Delta and Latin America to coordinate schedules and fares in those markets.
As part of the partnership, Delta aims to turn Miami into a so-called “gateway hub,” centralizing connections to cities across Latin America via Miami.
Both airlines recently added new Miami flights, including the recent launch or increased service to Boston, Los Angeles, Orlando, Salt Lake City and Washington, DC.
Luciano Macagno, Delta’s managing director of Latin America, the Caribbean and South Florida, recently told TPG that Delta’s short-haul Miami-Orlando flights (a rare point-to-point route) will primarily connect via Miami. said it was intended.
Meanwhile in Boston, Delta was planning to add a new service to Mexico City later this year. The Mexican capital was set to become a new destination for Delta’s growing portfolio as it expands its hub in Boston.
“Given commercial and operational considerations, Delta Air Lines is suspending its planned service from Boston to Mexico City in December this year. “We apologize for the inconvenience,” a Delta Air Lines spokesperson told TPG. Ta.
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