Delta Air Strains is bringing again a primary transcontinental route for the primary time in seven years. And the flights will include lie-flat seats.
Beginning this spring, the Atlanta-based service will restore nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) and John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California, simply exterior of Santa Ana. The flight will join two premium markets — and supply some competitors with American Airways, which has lengthy flown a few of its most premium-heavy planes on the route.
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Delta’s service between New York Metropolis and Santa Ana, California, will start on Could 7, the service confirmed Friday. Flights will run six days every week (Sunday by way of Friday). On this route, Delta plans to make use of its Boeing 757-200 within the “75S” configuration, which incorporates 16 lie-flat Delta One seats up entrance, 44 further legroom Consolation seats and 108 normal coach seats.
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Head-to-head with American
It is no shock Delta felt compelled to supply a lie-flat business-class product on its JFK-SNA flights.
American has lengthy flown the route with its three-cabin Airbus A321T, that includes Flagship First and a flatbed business-class cabin.
We should always notice: American is planning to section out the A321T and exchange the plane with its brand-new Airbus A321XLR (that includes its latest-generation Flagship Suites in enterprise class) on the JFK-SNA route. Nevertheless, there isn’t any date but for that switchover.
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Doubling down in Santa Ana
As for Delta, it will mark the return of its transcontinental service between JFK and SNA — a route it final flew in 2019, which ended after the airline said it lost takeoff and landing rights through the airport’s slot allocation course of.
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Delta presently flies to a number of of its hubs from SNA, however this new Delta One-equipped 757 service will definitely headline its choices on the airport going ahead.
SNA is situated south of Los Angeles, some 13 miles from Disneyland. It is round 40 miles from Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX), itself a Delta hub and residential to one of many airline’s nicest ground experiences for business-class flyers. That mentioned, further nonstop flights to New York from SNA ought to be a handy possibility for vacationers south of L.A.
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