Delta Air Lines wants to fly you to Europe next summer.
The Atlanta-based carrier unveiled its transatlantic schedule for summer 2025 on Friday, and it includes six new routes, an exciting new destination and expanded service to some of the most popular markets across Europe.
There’s a lot to be excited about, especially if you’re planning a big European vacation next year. Read on for all the details.
7 new routes, 1 new destination
Headlining the announcement is the addition of six new routes, including one brand new destination. All routes start in May 2025 and we will update the story with exact start dates once they are confirmed.
- Atlanta to Brussels, three times per week
- Atlanta to Naples, four times a week
- Boston to Barcelona, three times weekly
- Boston to Milan, four times a week
- Detroit to Dublin, four times a week
- Minneapolis-St. Paul to Rome, four times weekly
- New York to Catania, daily
Delta already serves five of the six markets above, with service from other domestic hubs, but the new service to Catania on Sicily’s east coast is an interesting new addition (and likely to be popular in that market. fans of the white lotus) heading towards this region. That’s especially true because historically there hasn’t been a nonstop flight to the island from the US.
Overall, Delta thinks travelers will want to visit Italy next summer. Four of the six new routes are from Italy, and the airline also marketed its all-in-one Italian vacation package as a headline in Friday’s announcement.
Additionally, this past summer, Delta launched new service to Naples with flights from New York, and just over a year later, the airline is back to Naples with another route — this time, from Atlanta.
Delta will be the largest US carrier in the Italian market next summer, offering 10% more service than this year. (Interestingly, the route from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Rome is technically a restart, as the carrier last served the market in the summer of 2016, Sirius schedules show.)
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Other interesting additions include two new services to Boston — a hub that Delta has tried to strengthen against JetBlue and other incumbents in recent years. Although Delta’s New York hub is the carrier’s primary Northeast transatlantic gateway, it still offers service to top nonstop destinations from Boston that appeals to both locals and others who want to connect in Boston to avoid congestion and the potential for delays. York airspace that sees frequent ground-delay programs.
Additionally, Milan is Boston’s largest unserved European market, so the new Delta service could attract travelers to the domestic market. Meanwhile, the Boston-to-Barcelona route is already served by Iberia.
Delta’s new flight from Detroit to Dublin connects to four other US hubs: Atlanta, Boston, New York-JFK and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
5 extended routes
In addition to the new routes, Delta is also boosting existing service on five transatlantic routes next summer, including:
- Atlanta to Athens: 11 weekly flights
- Atlanta to Barcelona: 10 weekly flights
- Atlanta to Rome: 17 weekly flights
- Atlanta to Zurich: Daily service
- Detroit to Munich: Daily service
Not surprisingly, four of the five extended routes originate from Delta’s mega-hub in Atlanta. The airline continues to thrive at the world’s busiest airport, and this additional frequency should help it attract more domestic and connecting passengers through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).
“With more than 700 weekly flights to 33 European destinations and beyond, we’re expanding access to key cities like Barcelona and Dublin with new routes, while introducing our first-ever nonstop service to Catania, Sicily,” said Delta Senior Vice President Joe Esposito. are.” President of Network Planning, in a statement.
1 root cut
One route will be cut from the summer 2024 schedule next year. This thrice weekly service from New York to Munich will be reduced to make room for the new Detroit to Munich route.
Delta confirmed the cuts with the following statement, “Delta is adjusting its summer 2025 schedule to meet demand by canceling thrice-weekly JFK-Munich service and reallocating those frequencies to offer daily flights between Detroit and Munich.”
Notably, this is the latest adjustment of Delta in Germany Reduced flights from Atlanta to Stuttgart.
The bottom line
Delta’s major European expansion for summer 2025 comes just two weeks later American Airlines announced its own transatlantic schedule for next summer.
Like American, Delta is expanding into southern Europe, with more flights than ever to Italy and Greece. These destinations have proven resilient summer after summer, and airlines feel the demand for nonstop service will only increase.
It is particularly exciting for Delta customers that the airline is adding a new route-map pin to Catania, a destination that previously required a stop in a major European hub en route from the US.
Although Delta has historically focused on growing European routes to key partner hubs in London, Amsterdam and Paris, next summer is shaping up to be another blockbuster. There will be more flights than ever to popular tourist destinations.
And now that American and Delta have announced their big summer schedules, it will be interesting to see what United and its creative network planning team have up their sleeves — that announcement is expected in the next few weeks.
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