Delta is to expand its services between the US and UK for 2023 by returning to London Gatwick for the first time in more than a decade, as well as adding more routes from London Heathrow and Edinburgh.
The US carrier said it was expanding these transatlantic flights to “meet demand” for travel from the UK to the US. Delta has not flown from Gatwick since 2012, although it had planned to restart flights from London’s second airport in 2020 before the pandemic struck.
Delta will operate up to 15 daily flights between the UK and US in the summer 2023 schedule, including a daily service from Gatwick to New York JFK airport, plus a daily flight between Heathrow and Los Angeles and an Edinburgh-Atlanta route which will operate five times per week.
Nicolas Ferri, Delta’s vice president Europe, Middle East, Africa and India, said: “Adding three routes from the UK in one day is a milestone moment for Delta, especially in one of our most important markets.
“This summer saw extremely high demand for travel between the UK and US and by adding more routes and extra frequencies, including service from London’s two main airports and the Scottish capital.”
Delta and its partner Virgin Atlantic will offer up to 40 daily flights between the UK and US in summer 2023. The US airline will also offer its largest ever transatlantic schedule next year with nearly 620 flights per week from 11 US airports to 32 destinations in the EMEA region.
The route between Heathrow and Los Angeles will be the first to start on 26 March and will be the first time Delta has flown this route since 2015.
Delta will resume operations from Gatwick to New York on 11 April, while the Edinburgh-Atlanta route, which the airline last operated in 2007, will start on 26 May. The outbound flight from Edinburgh will operate every day except for Tuesday and Thursday.