Delta sets December date to relaunch services on New York-Lagos route

After a two-year break, Delta Airlines is preparing to consolidate its transatlantic operations with the summation of New York-Lagos formation services.

The Atlanta-based U.S. bequest bearer precocious announced it would relaunch flights to New York-Lagos connected December 1, 2024.

Additionally, the hose plans to upgrade its instrumentality connected flights to Accra, Ghana, and South Africa to diagnostic newer premium experiences. The changes are expected to rotation retired successful June, September, and October successful that order.

The past clip the hose served the way – John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) successful New York to Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) successful Lagos – was successful October 2022 connected the Boeing 767-300ER, according to aviation analytics and information steadfast Cirium. When it returns, the bearer volition utilise the Airbus A330-200 connected the route.

Flight details stay chartless arsenic Delta has yet to update its December formation docket with the service. However, the bearer confirmed that the route’s frequencies volition beryllium regular done January 16, 2025, erstwhile it volition past beryllium 3 times weekly.

“Delta presently operates regular work betwixt Atlanta and Lagos and, with the resumption of regular New York-JFK service, volition connection a full of 14 play flights to Nigeria successful December done the archetypal fractional of January and 10 play flights for the remainder of wintertime 2024,” the bearer explained.

The airline’s A330-200s tin accommodate 223 passengers successful a three-class configuration. They person 34 Delta One seats with spacious lie-flat beds and “an extended nutrient and beverage programme that includes thoughtfully curated paper options, arsenic good arsenic specialty snacks and premium beer, wine, and spirits.”

The Delta Premium Select cabin, different known arsenic premium economy, has 21 recliner seats, giving passengers “more abstraction to unbend and agelong out.” The seats besides person a deeper recline and adjustable ft and legrests.

According to Delta, the hose carries implicit a fractional cardinal travellers betwixt the U.S. and Africa yearly, with much than 34 play flights, making it the fig 1 hose serving the 2 regions.

Delta was besides the archetypal U.S.-based bearer to inaugurate work to Ghana and is the largest relation successful the market, with regular work from JFK year-round.

In precocious October of this year, the hose plans to upgrade the craft operating the way from the 767-300ER to the A330-900neo, which seats 281 passengers. The alteration volition adhd astir 1,000 seats per week, representing a capableness summation of 30 per cent betwixt Kotoka International Airport (ACC) and JFK.

Flights from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) serving Johannesburg and Cape Town International Airport (CPT) successful South Africa volition besides spot fleet upgrades arsenic Delta is preparing to present a “higher-premium” mentation of its A350-900, designated by the codification “35H.”

The compartment configuration connected the craft provides an further 8 Delta One Suites compared to the modular configuration, bringing the full fig of suites to 40.