Delta Air Traces is celebrating Cinco de Mayo by unveiling a brand-new path to Mexico Metropolis.
The provider will begin every day service from its hub at Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS) to Mexico Metropolis Worldwide Airport (MEX) on Dec. 21, 2023, in keeping with a provider spokesperson.
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The brand new 2,276-mile route might be operated by a Boeing 757-200. Whereas some Delta 757s function lie-flat business-class seats, those flying from Boston to Mexico Metropolis will merely sport home recliners within the pointy finish of the airplane.
Delta Flight 250 will depart Boston at 7:50 a.m. and land in Mexico Metropolis at 12:55 p.m. Return Flight 251 will depart Mexico Metropolis at 2 p.m. and land again in Boston at 7:51 p.m.
Delta will load the brand new flight into its schedule this weekend, and you’ll begin reserving seats by Sunday, Might 7. Simply be aware that Delta’s new service is topic to authorities authorization.
The brand new Mexico Metropolis route is simply the most recent in a sequence of massive boosts for the airline’s Boston hub.
Final yr, Delta expanded its long-haul portfolio in Boston by including new service to Tel Aviv and Athens, Greece. Boston will quickly be linked to 6 of the airline’s joint-venture hubs, together with Amsterdam (KLM); London (Virgin Atlantic); Paris (Air France); Sao Paulo (LATAM); Seoul, South Korea (Korean Air); and now Mexico Metropolis (Aeromexico).
The Mexico Metropolis route will function in partnership with Delta’s joint-venture associate, Aeromexico. The 2 SkyTeam-member airways fashioned a U.S.-Mexico transborder alliance in Might 2017, and buyer advantages embrace extra flights and a streamlined journey expertise. With this new route, Delta will quickly function 10 flights per day between six of its U.S. hubs and Mexico Metropolis. Delta additionally has a 20% possession stake in Aeromexico.
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All of this development comes as Delta is gearing as much as debut an enormous footprint growth in Boston. It should embrace an expanded worldwide terminal and a surprising new Sky Membership that is anticipated to open in August or September.
Delta goes head-to-head with JetBlue Airways in Boston. JetBlue additionally considers town one in all its most vital hubs (or focus cities, as JetBlue calls them).
The 2 airways have fought neck-and-neck for dominance available in the market in recent times. Nonetheless, Delta’s newest worldwide growth ought to definitely woo flyers seeking to discover locations exterior of JetBlue’s primarily leisure-focused worldwide gateways.
Curiously, JetBlue flew between Boston and Mexico Metropolis from October 2018 to January 2020, Cirium schedules present. The airline withdrew from the market to concentrate on extra worthwhile routes, together with “a portfolio of leisure and VFR markets [or ‘visiting friends and relatives,’ a subset of leisure travelers] that… proceed to supply sturdy margins,” JetBlue president Joanna Geraghty stated on the time.
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