Delta says its restarting summer service and adding frequencies throughout May and June to four cities in Italy – Rome, Milan, Pisa and Venice – from Delta hubs in New York, Atlanta and Detroit.
Rome
- Restarting seasonal service to Detroit Metropolitan-Wayne County Airport on May 2, 2015
- Adding a second flight to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on May 23, 2015
Venice
- Restarting a daily nonstop flight between Venice Marco Polo Airport and Atlanta on June 2, 2015
- This flight is in addition existing daily New York-JFK service that was restarted at the end of March so Delta will operate two daily flights to the U.S. from Venice during the summer
Pisa
- Operating nonstop service between Pisa and New York-JFK six times weekly on June 16, 2015
Milan
- Adding a daily flight to Atlanta, starting on June 17, 2015, in addition to Delta’s existing daily service to New York-JFK
Bottom Line:
Delta says it’s responding to a higher demand for travel to and from Italy during the peak summer travel period from May to October. Delta is going to operate these routes with a mix of 767-300s, 767-400s and 757-200s, putting an impressive 30,092 weekly seats between Italy and the USA.
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The extra flights are nice, but awards on Delta’s calendar show one ways at over 100k in coach. Silly to have hoped for better, but you’d think increased capacity would mean at least a few low priced award seats. Ain’t Skymiles grand? I suppose we’ll find out tonight with the awards.