Delta's Big 2018 Transatlantic Expansion

Any word or expectation on whether the JFK - Ponta Delgada 757-200 will be lie flat up front?

"This will complement KLM’s service between Los Angeles and Paris, given that the two airlines have a transatlantic joint venture."

You mean Los Angeles and Amsterdam

"Since Delta gave up their Los Angeles to London flight to Virgin Atlantic, Paris and Amsterdam will be Delta’s only transatlantic flights out of LAX."

You stated in the previous section a new flight to Paris, you should amend it.

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Me thinks you still haven't had your coffee yet.

To me they aren't a part of any conversation in air travel
Their horrible FF program and awful award availability and rip off redemptions combined with poorly trained agents & terrible customer service on the phone makes them a near non choice each and every time
I like them for only one reason they siphon off traffic from the carriers I prefer to fly
making my preferred carriers nicer to fly
And I can't get over my haunting past with them with their 40 year old planes they kept repainting and their dishonest management and some employees that left much to be desired (rather than say how I really feel)
They may have improved in the air but the Delta back stabbing penny pinching management lives on
How do I say no thank you? Each and every time
I'd fly American over them and now they have become another Delta but at least I have some good memories for over 20 years to look back on

what third DL dtw-cdg fligh? I only see one DL and one AF on that day in may

I don't understand why MSP never gets anything new. They had MSP-FCO last year and the planes was always packed. That flight was discontinued. We always have to connect in either AMS or CDG to get somewhere else in Europe. 🙁

@Dwondermeant: "Their horrible FF program and awful award availability and rip off redemptions combined with poorly trained agents & terrible customer service on the phone makes them a near non choice each and every time" Hummm, are you sure you are not talking about AA here?

I agree with everything you wrote about Delta but they are much better than AA on the above.

The only new flight with good times, at least for the departure, is Atlanta-Lisbon. The Los Angeles flights to Paris and Amsterdam are too early to actually sleep on the plane and the New York-Lagos flights just plane suck, especially if you pay for business-class expecting a good dinner.

I actually think these flight times from LAX to AMS and CDG are interesting, because they're the earliest transatlantic flights of the day from LAX. They get to Europe in time to go to work meetings for business travellers. I'm surprised with CDG though, since Norwegian has recently entered the market, making Delta the 5th airline to operate the route (AF, Norwegian, Air Tahiti Nui, XL Airways). That's a lot of seats between the two cities...

What would be the reason for the Ponta Delgada flight? Seems like a very odd destination for DL to start service to.

Awesome news about New York to Ponta Delgada! I want really badly to go to Azores!

@Christian I don't exactly know the reason for the flight but there's a sizable community of people from Azores in the U.S. and there's also a U.S. Air Force base in Azores.

Only reason I'm excited about some of these new routes is for me to able to redeem Flying blue miles for them instead of the ridiculous skypesos

Yay PDL! I have been meaning to go diving there for a while now, and this flight makes it easier for me to do so

One thing economy passengers might want to keep in mind for the new Delta-operated 777-200LR flights between LAX and Amsterdam/Paris:

Delta's 777s feature the far more spacious nine abreast, 3-3-3 configurations with 18.5" wide seats instead of the apalling and hated ten abreast, 3-4-3 17" wide "child seats" found on its alliance partners, Air France and KLM's 777s...

...just sayin'

I’m very curious about the IND-CDG route. Has Delta ever operated a transatlantic from Indianapolis? And it’s not even a hub! Even my home airport, MCI, has more passengers going through it than IND. Why do you think they added this route?

WOW!!!... finally. Azores Airlines won’t have the monopoly and be able to charge what the (bleep) it wants. Competition always makes one try harder. Better customer service would be nice. Talking to customer service at Azores Airlines is depressing. Rude ignorant workers