Delta currently operates flights from Miami to its hubs in New York (JFK & LGA), Boston, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Minneapolis and has flights to Havana and seasonal service to Columbus, Ohio.
LATAM passengers from Belém, Buenos Aires, Fortaleza, Lima, Manaus, Punta Cana, Recife, Santiago, Salvador de Bahia, and São Paulo will be able to connect onto these flights in Miami.
This expansion is very significant as Miami is a major American Airlines hub, who used to partner with LATAM until Delta’s stake in LATAM.
I feel like this was in response to AA adding routes like San Jose to Austin (SJC-AUS) and Austin to Boston (AUS-BOS), places where Delta is pretty big at
The tensions between these 2 airlines are not the best right now…
I doubt Delta will last. American has proven to be very good at defending their hubs. AA has managed to drive both WOW and Icelandair out of DFW, JetBlue off of DCA-JAX and nearly off of BOS-CLT, and they’ve kept Delta and United out of DFW for a while now.
Americans popularity in terms of quality and service is slowly going down the drain. Delta will surely keep these new routes, as the quality of the airline keeps going up.
American may be of slightly lower quality, but AA has a massive network, tons of code shares, and an amazing loyalty program. AA has defended their hubs very well in the past by using their size, code shares, and loyalty program to their advantage.
