As someone who lived in Tampa growing up, I love to keep tabs on the airport, and how nicely it has grown over the years. Along those lines, as of late October 2024, Delta resumed transatlantic flights out of Tampa, though only for the winter season. There’s now an exciting update, as the airline has made the decision to operate this route year-round, as flagged by @IshrionA.
Delta brings back Tampa to Amsterdam route
As of October 26, 2024, Delta resumed nonstop flights between Tampa (TPA) and Amsterdam (AMS). While the route was initially just supposed to operate for the winter season, through March 29, 2025, the decision has now been made to resume the flight on a year-round basis.
The flight operates with the following schedule, daily in the winter season, and 4x weekly in the summer season:
Tampa to Amsterdam departing 7:55PM arriving 10:45AM (+1 day)
Amsterdam to Tampa departing 12:35PM arriving 4:55PM
The 4,613-mile flight is operated by an Airbus A330-300, featuring 282 seats, including 34 business class seats and 21 premium economy seats.
For background on this route, Delta first launched flights between Tampa and Amsterdam in 2019, and at the time the service was supposed to be on a year-round basis. Then the route was suspended at the start of the pandemic, and hadn’t been restarted for years… until recently.
It’s awesome to see this route extended to year-round, rather than just for the winter season. Presumably in winter, Delta sees strong demand for the route on the European side, for people looking to visit Florida. Meanwhile in summer, presumably demand will be stronger among Americans looking to visit Europe.
Amsterdam is a hub for KLM, which is a SkyTeam member, and also part of the same transatlantic joint venture as Delta, so this will open up all kinds of one-stop service to and from Tampa. KLM serves over 100 destinations out of Amsterdam, so whether you’re looking to travel to Europe, Africa, India, or beyond, there are a lot of opportunities here.
How this fits into Tampa’s international service
Tampa’s international service has grown impressively over the years. As a kid, I remember always getting really excited when I saw the British Airways 777 that flew to London Gatwick at the airport. It was Tampa’s only transatlantic flight at the time, and there was just something so exciting about thinking I could actually fly nonstop across the ocean from my home airport.
Nowadays Tampa has four transatlantic routes, in addition to this newly launched one. This includes British Airways’ route to London (LGW), Discover Airlines’ route to Frankfurt (FRA), Edelweiss Air’s route to Zurich (ZRH), and Virgin Atlantic’s route to London (LHR). Tampa also has a lot of short haul international flights, on both US airlines and foreign carriers.
Bottom line
Delta has brought back flights between Tampa and Amsterdam as of late October 2024. While the route was initially supposed to be seasonal in winter, it has now been expanded to year-round, which is a great development.
Delta is using an A330 for the flight, and it represents Tampa’s fifth transatlantic service. I hope this route is able to prove successful in the long run. I’m just kind of bummed that it’s Delta operating this route, and not KLM.
What do you make of Delta bringing back Tampa to Amsterdam flights?
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