Properly that didn’t take lengthy. Icelandair just lately introduced it might launch a Detroit to Keflavik route, and now Delta will launch the identical route… three days earlier.
Delta provides seasonal Detroit to Keflavik route
In the summertime of 2023, Delta will supply a 4x weekly flight between Detroit (DTW) and Keflavik (KEF). The route will function from Could 15 via October 27, 2023, with the next schedule:
DL236 Detroit to Keflavik departing 7:55PM arriving 6:20AM (+1 day)
DL237 Keflavik to Detroit departing 8:05AM arriving 10:55AM
The two,792-mile flight is blocked at 6hr25min eastbound and 6hr50min westbound. The flight will function eastbound on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, and westbound on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
Delta will use a Boeing 757-200 for the route, that includes 193 seats. This contains 20 home top quality seats, 41 additional legroom economic system seats, and 132 common economic system seats. The home top quality seats will merely be offered as premium economic system, so a correct enterprise class product received’t be supplied on this flight.
How this suits into Delta’s service to Iceland
Delta completely operates seasonal service to Iceland, so for a broader take a look at the provider’s route community to Iceland:
- Between April 1 and October 27, 2023, Delta is working a day by day flight between New York (JFK) and Keflavik (KEF); that is operated by an internationally configured Boeing 757-200, that includes a enterprise class cabin
- Between June 5 and October 27, 2023, Delta is working a day by day flight between Minneapolis (MSP) and Keflavik (KEF); that is operated by an internationally configured Boeing 757-200, that includes a enterprise class cabin
Prior to now, Delta has additionally operated a path to Iceland out of Boston (BOS), although there aren’t any plans for that to be resumed in 2023.
Since this new Detroit route is clearly a final minute addition in response to Icelandair, I’m curious to see if Delta reduces frequencies in any respect out of Minneapolis, or if this merely leads to a major enhance in web capability to Iceland.
Backside line
Delta shall be including a route between Detroit and Keflavik in the summertime of 2023. This route is clearly a aggressive response to Icelandair, which is launching the identical route — Delta is even beating Icelandair to the punch by just a few days.
You may anticipate Delta to function this route 4x weekly utilizing a Boeing 757. In contrast to Delta’s different service to Iceland, this route received’t have a enterprise class cabin, although.
What do you make of Delta including a Detroit to Keflavik flight?
