Delta Air Lines is expanding its Airbus A350-900 operations by adding 12 new routes, including a domestic route planned for October. The routes will be operated during the International Air Transport Association (IATA) summer season, which runs from March to October.
According to AeroRoutes, nine of these routes will originate from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), with destinations including Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS), Rome Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport (FCO), Seoul Incheon International Airport (ICN), and Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND). Additional routes include flights between Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) and Seoul-Incheon, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Atlanta, and Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) and Seoul-Incheon.
Cirium’s Diio Mi airline planning system indicates that in October, the A350-900 will fly domestically between Los Angeles and Atlanta. This aircraft layout features 40 business class seats, 40 premium economy seats, 36 economy plus seats, and 159 basic economy seats. In April, a different configuration with 306 seats will operate on this route. Throughout 2025, Delta plans to use the larger capacity A350-900 primarily on domestic routes connecting its hubs at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) and Detroit-Metropolitan.
In comparison to August 2024, Delta’s summer network in August this year will increase by 44 weekly flights featuring the A350-900. Notable additions include thrice-weekly flights between Los Angeles and Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) and daily flights between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE). The A350-900s are expected to operate up to 42 weekly flights to Seoul-Incheon and 35 weekly rotations to Tokyo-Haneda. Amsterdam is projected as the third-busiest destination with 15 weekly flights.
Delta ended last year with a fleet of 35 A350-900 aircraft according to its annual filing provided to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on February 11. In addition to receiving five more A350-900s in 2025 from Airbus, Delta expects four more deliveries in 2026 along with its first A350-1000s.
