Summary

• Delta Air Lines will resume service between New York LaGuardia and Chattanooga, Tennessee this fall.
• In addition, the airline will eliminate three more regional routes from the New York market.
• Delta will later launch new routes from Salt Lake City and Detroit to northwest Arkansas.

Based in Atlanta Delta Air Lines made some adjustments to its New York regional schedule this fall. After a five-year hiatus, the airline is resuming service between the Big Apple and Chattanooga, Tennessee, but is also removing three other routes from the market.

In addition, the airline will introduce new connections from its Salt Lake City and Detroit hubs to northwest Arkansas. The service will also be operated with regional aircraft.

No longer served since 2019

According to Aeroroutes, Delta submitted the changes to its New York network earlier this month. Starting October 7, the airline will resume flights between LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA). According to the airline, this will be the first time the airline has served this route since 2019. The route will be offered six times weekly with a Bombardier CRJ900 operated by Delta’s wholly-owned regional subsidiary Endeavor Air under the Delta Connection brand.

DL4925 is scheduled to depart LGA at 19:45 and arrive in CHA at approximately 15:00 local time. The return flight DL4995 is scheduled to depart CHA at 07:00 and arrive in LGA shortly after 09:00.

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Delta’s CRJ900s offer between 70 and 76 seats in a two-class configuration. First Class has 12 seats in a 1-2 arrangement, while the main cabin has either 58 or 64 seats in a 2-2 arrangement. In both versions of the aircraft, 20 seats in the front of the main cabin are designated as Delta Comfort+ seats, which offer more legroom.

Completion of three routes

With the addition of LGA-CHA, there will be some cuts. Delta will eliminate flights between LGA and Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Hartford, Connecticut, on October 6. At the end of the month, the airline will eliminate two routes from its John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). On October 26, Delta will operate its last flights to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) and Montréal–Trudeau International Airport (YUL). The CRJ900 will also serve these flights.

A Delta spokesperson confirmed the schedule changes in a statement to Simple Flying earlier this month.

“Delta confirms that it will launch a new 1x daily LGA-CHA service on October 7, while canceling its LGA-BDL and JFK-YUL/BWI service this winter to better align capacity with demand. Affected customers will be proactively notified by Delta and transitioned accordingly.”

Despite the flight cuts, Delta still has a strong presence at BDL. With service from its other hubs in Atlanta, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Detroit, the airline’s seat count increased 8% year over year. As for JFK-YUL, Delta flies three times daily between LGA and YUL and will continue to do so. While the JFK-BWI route will be discontinued, the airline will maintain its service between LGA and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and between JFK and DCA and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).

New service to Northwest Arkansas

Delta is also focusing on expanding its routes at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) and Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC). The airline will offer daily flights to Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) from the two airports, according to aviation data and analytics provider Cirium.

Service between DTW and XNA is scheduled to begin in November with the CRJ900, while the SLC-XNA route is not scheduled to begin until February 2025. SkyWest Airlines will operate the route with the Embraer E175.