Whereas it has been rumored for a number of days, Delta Air Traces will formally start service to Hong Kong subsequent yr.
The airline introduced Wednesday that it will begin flying from its hub at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX) to Hong Kong Worldwide Airport (HKG) on June 6, 2026. Delta will deploy its flagship Airbus A350-900 on the brand new 7,260-mile route. The plane is configured with 40 Delta One Suites, 40 Premium Choose recliners, 36 Consolation+ extra-legroom seats and 159 normal economic system seats.
Delta will provide 30 one-stop connection choices for vacationers from throughout North America seeking to get to and from Hong Kong.
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Apparently, this is not Delta’s first foray into Hong Kong. The airline final served the market in 2018 with nonstop service from Seattle, however it pulled out on the time attributable to weak demand and different components.
Whereas the airline has been busy lately rising its transpacific connectivity from Seattle, Hong Kong service will return from Los Angeles. That is an attention-grabbing transfer, particularly since United Airways and hometown provider Cathay Pacific already provide loads of flights between the 2 cities. (In the meantime, Seattle to Hong Kong is at the moment unserved, and it is potential that Alaska Airways has town on its growth checklist.)
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Maybe Delta thinks there’s merely not sufficient nonstop demand from Seattle to Hong Kong to make that nonstop route work. After all, Delta additionally operates a giant hub at LAX, however so do the three different largest U.S. airways. It is a lot more durable to be the No. 1 airline in Los Angeles than it’s in Seattle.
Along with its long-haul growth, Delta will add a home route it is by no means operated earlier than: LAX to Chicago’s O’Hare Worldwide Airport (ORD). Three each day flights on this route will start June 7, 2026; the service could have some critical competitors with flights operated by American Airways and United, in addition to discounters Frontier Airways and Spirit Airways.
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Chicago and LA are each hubs for American and United, so including Delta to the combo is not going to solely give vacationers extra choices, however it might additionally put extra stress on the struggling ultra-low-cost carriers that fly the route.
With extra service by community carriers, ultra-low-cost discounters have struggled just lately to fill their planes with out considerably discounting their tickets. Rising prices and redesigned enterprise fashions might make it more durable than ever for Frontier and Spirit to outlive within the LA-Chicago market.
“Launching service to Hong Kong and Chicago from LAX strengthens our presence in two of the world’s most dynamic markets. As the biggest international provider at LAX, we’re persevering with to spend money on routes that matter to our prospects and ship the premium journey expertise that they’ve come to anticipate from Delta,” Paul Baldoni, Delta’s senior vp of community planning, mentioned in a press release.
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