Indianapolis airport adds new links as Southwest resumes Chicago service and Delta returns to Raleigh

According to Flightradar24 data, the first resumed Southwest flight arrived in Chicago seven minutes behind schedule.

Delta Air Lines will resume its direct service between Indianapolis and Raleigh-Durham on August 11. The route was previously operated by Delta for over ten years before being suspended in April 2020 due to the pandemic. Beginning Monday, Endeavor Air will operate a daily round trip using a Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft under Delta’s regional brand. Flight DL5195 departs Raleigh-Durham at 17:20 and arrives in Indianapolis at 19:14; DL5193 leaves Indianapolis at 19:55 for a scheduled arrival in Raleigh-Durham at 21:39.

Data from Cirium shows that Indianapolis International Airport’s domestic network has grown over the past year. In August of this year, there are scheduled to be 8,594 internal flights—up from last August’s total of 8,011—a year-on-year increase of about seven percent. Seat capacity also increased by nearly four percent compared to last year’s numbers.

Among airlines serving Indianapolis domestically, Delta has seen the largest growth in absolute numbers of flights operated this month compared with August last year—an increase from approximately 1,683 flights to nearly two thousand monthly services.