dallas — Delta Air Lines (DL) announced that it will eliminate routes between Los Angeles (LAX) and London Heathrow (LHR).
As of May 6, 2024, passengers wishing to travel between LAX and LHR on Delta Air Lines, including Boston (BOS), Detroit (DTW), Minneapolis (MSP), and Seattle (SEA) You must book a connecting flight through one of the other hub airports. , Salt Lake City (SLC), or New York (JFK).
This route is currently operated daily by the Airbus A330-900neo, with DL186 Los Angeles to London departing at 8pm PST and arriving at 2:50pm (+1) GMT, and DL187 London to Los Angeles Departs at 4:50pm (GMT) and arrives at 8pm. 30:30 p.m. PT Delta’s A330-900neo aircraft will be reassigned to its hub at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport (ATL) to begin additional flights on the ATL-LHR route. During 2023, the airline exclusively operated Boeing 767-400ER aircraft on this route, with four flights per day.
Delta Air Lines first began flying this route in 2014, but discontinued it in 2015. After an almost eight-year hiatus, the company reintroduced the route in summer 2023, but canceled it again a year later. In addition to DL, partners Virgin Atlantic (VS), United Airlines (UA), American Airlines (AA) and British Airways (BA) operate his LAX-LHR route.
Partnership with Virgin Atlantic Airways
VS will continue its LAX-LHR service through a joint venture partnership with DL using the A350-1000. SkyTeam airline Virgin Atlantic (VS) was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in London. Virgin and Delta formed a joint venture in 2012, and DL currently owns 49% of VS.
Together, DL and VS operate over 40 direct flights between the UK and the US each day, although the number varies depending on the season. These two airlines jointly operate flights to various destinations in the United States, including the JFK-London Gatwick (LGW) route, which opened in April 2023. There are 7 scheduled daily non-stop flights between LHR and JFK.
Featured Image: Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-900 A339 JFK KJFK.Photo: Francesco Cecchetti