Delta Air Lines Adds Its Next Winter Atlanta Widebody Service

Delta Air Lines Adds Its Next Winter Atlanta Widebody Service to ease movement of Tourists between Atlanta and San Diego.

For the first time since 2022, Delta Air Lines will fly widebodies between Atlanta and San Diego.
Twin-aisles will operate on ten of the airline’s Atlanta routes between November and February, some of which will have just one flight.
This winter, it intends to operate up to nine widebody departures per day from Atlanta.

Everyone is aware that Atlanta is the busiest airport in the world and the hub for Delta Air Lines.

After Los Angeles and New York JFK, it is the third airport used by SkyTeam members for domestic widebody flights this winter.

The fact that San Diego, which last experienced twin-aisle service in 2022, is getting it again helps Atlanta’s argument.

Boeing 767 heading for San Diego
Delta’s petition to OAG states that starting on November 10, flagship widebodies, the Boeing 767-300ER, will operate the 1,892 nautical mile (3,044 km) route.

The 216-seat facility will operate every day until December 2 and then reopen on December 19 to coincide with the crucial Christmas peak demand for Tourists.

The 767 is scheduled to begin daily operations on September 4 and continue until March 8, 2025.

The timetable from November 11 to December 2 is shown here, with all timings local.

The schedule on November 10, the opening day, is a little different. Beginning on December 19, things will change.

San Diego to Atlanta: DL447, 16:35–18:16 (4 hours and 41 minutes)
San Diego to Atlanta: DL762, 07:20–14:34 (4 hours and 14 minutes); too bad the long-retired 767-200 won’t be piloting the aircraft!
18 Domestic Widebody Routes with the Fewest Service in the USA are being served by an American Airlines Boeing 777-200ER.
By the end of the year, there will be one-way or round-trip flights on all of these routes.

Atlanta-based Delta’s winter widebodies
Based on IATA slot seasons, Northern airlines—including Delta—will transition to winter schedules on October 27.

The carrier’s domestic twin-aisle schedule for November through February shows 18 routes, which are broken down below.

As you can see, large Touristic cities and hubs are essential, as are popular winter vacation spots.

Once more, data included in this analysis is as of September 4 and covers only November through February. Things could alter.

Only 22 Domestic Routes: Where United, American Airlines, and Delta Directly Compete
In September, the three had over 4,300 routes between them, almost all of which are unique.

Los Angeles: no widebodies; up to three daily A350-900, 767-300ER, and 767-400ER December 3–December 18)
Honolulu: A330-300 every day
Phoenix: A330-300 every day (no widebodies December 3–December 18)
San Diego: starting on November 10, a daily 767-300ER (no widebodies from December 3 to December 18)
Kahului: starting on November 21, a daily 767-300ER
San Francisco: daily 767-300ER; terminates January 5; no widebodies December 3-December 18.
Las Vegas: A330-300 daily; expires on December 2.
November 1st (A350-900) and November 8th (777-300ER) in Detroit; offers several widebody flights in September and October

November 8 alone (A350-900) at New York JFK; several widebody flights in September and October
Orlando: numerous widebody flights in September and October; November 9 (767-300ER); DL winter domestic widebodies from Atlanta
Picture: GCMap
daily widebody flights inside the country
Depending on the precise day in November through February, Delta schedules anywhere from two to nine twin-aisle departures from Atlanta each day. There will be thirteen instances of the maximum: November 8, December 1 and 2, and November 21–30.

To give you an idea of what’s going on, these departures are scheduled for November 8:

08:15: A330-300, Phoenix
08:15: A330-300 in Las Vegas
08:20: 767-300ER in San Francisco.
08:20: JFK in New York (A350-900).
08:55: A350-900 in Los Angeles
10:15: A330-300 to Honolulu
Los Angeles (767-300ER) at 15:35
Los Angeles (A350-900) at 17:30
Detroit (A350-900) at 19:00

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