
The Mid-Size Florida Hub Betting $1.5 Billion That Delta Air Lines Will Turn It Into An International Gateway
The legacy carrier signed a 20-year lease for six additional gates at the airport.

The legacy carrier signed a 20-year lease for six additional gates at the airport.

Most people don’t know this (since the airline doesn’t publicize it in any way), but Delta has a VIP service that any passenger can book. I’m not going to suggest that this is some amazing deal that everyone should take advantage of, but it’s at least a pretty comprehensive service. I’d like to go over the details in this post, and in a separate post, I wrote about American Five Star Service, which is the Fort Worth-based carrier’s equivalent program.

Daily summer-season service will operate between Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Austin (AUS) starting March 2027. Delta’s seasonal Austin-Paris nonstop flight will operate daily on an Airbus A330-900 with Delta One®, Delta Premium Select, Delta Comfort and Delta Main cabin offerings. March 27, 2027, Delta will launch the first-ever non-stop service between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Austin, giving direct access to the Live Music Capital of the World®. It’s about to be quicker and easier than ever for French travellers to experience the thrill of the US Formula 1, a year-round offering of festivals, MICHELIN-starred BBQ and the Texas Hill Country.

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Passengers faced hours on the ground as Delta maintenance repaired the cabin issue and the flight later required a crew swap.

We know that Delta has huge growth aspirations across the Pacific, particularly to Asia. It’s an area where Delta has increasingly fallen behind United in recent years, but Delta now hopes to not only catch up, but even beat United. We’ll see what comes of that, and in particular, find out just how costly that growth is.

The carrier's CEO has a unique personality.

A couple of days ago, we learned how Delta Air Lines revealed plans to launch transatlantic flights out of a new airport, as the airline will start flying nonstop daily between Austin and Paris. There’s nothing here that’s too surprising, though it’s a cool route add no doubt.

A closer look at how Delta's transpacific strategy has evolved since 2008.

The number represents an increase from the original 20-seat number.

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Delta is eyeing a return to Singapore as it rebuilds its Asian network around more nonstop US routes.

The carrier now has the most flights ever to Paris. See why here!

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Paris, a crew base, and 15 future gates are positioning the airline for its next phase of expansion.
Delta Air Lines will launch a new daily seasonal service between Austin and Paris Charles de Gaulle on 27 March 2027, establishing the first-ever nonstop connection between the two cities. The summer route will be operated with an Airbus A330-900neo, offering Delta One, Delta Premium Select, Delta Comfort and Delta Main cabins. Delta says it […]
Beginning 27th March 2027, Delta will launch Austin’s first-ever non-stop service to Paris CDG, becoming the only U.S. airline to offer non-stop service from Austin to Europe. Follow Aeronews on...
A cybersecurity incident that occurred on a Delta Air Lines flight is being investigated after a hoax Wi-Fi network appeared aboard the Atlanta-bound plane. The unauthorised Wi-Fi connection appeared for a short time during the flight and resulted in the aircraft’s cabin crew disabling the plane’s Wi-Fi functionality for a short time. Many passengers aboard […]