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Delta Hints At New Asia Flight From Salt Lake City Hub

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 22, 2019June 22, 2019 5 Comments

Delta Salt Lake City Seoul

With a major renovation underway and new partnership with Korean Air, Delta is eyeing Asia from its Salt Lake City hub.

Salt Lake City is Delta’s fastest growing hub. Delta has grown by 30% at Salt Lake City since 2014 (in terms of available seats) and sees further growth on the horizon with a new airport expansion project. The airport was built to handle 10 million passengers per year but 25 million passed through last year.

With the airport literally bursting at the seams, a $3.6BN expansion project is underway, which will not only alleviate overcrowding but allow for more international flights.

As early as January, Delta CEO Ed Bastian hinted at new service to Seoul, South Korea. Earlier this week, Delta acquired a stake in Korean Air. Addressing the new relationship in the context of SLC, Joe Esposito, Delta’s Senior Vice President of Network Planning, told the Salt Lake City Tribune that service to Seoul is “on our drawing board.”

Delta tried service to Tokyo Narita from Salt Lake City in the past, but it failed. Then, Delta blamed the lack of connecting options from Narita. Delta once maintained a hub at Tokyo Narita but has never had a Japanese partner. Now, Esposito points to Korean Air offering connections to over 50 “unique destinations” beyond Seoul.

Meanwhile, even if Delta does not add a Seoul flight it will continue to expand in Salt Lake City. Espoisito explained this is not so much through new flights, but by more mainline flights with larger aircrafts. Already, 85% of Delta flights are on mainline and that number will rise. Delta is retiring its 50-seat regional jet and will be using its new Airbus A220 jet for more shorthaul routes.

CONCLUSION

The hints from both Bastian and Espoisito show, at the very least, that Delta is seriously considering service to Seoul.

Would you fly Delta from Salt Lake City to Seoul?


image: Aero Icarus / Wikimedia Commons

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5 Comments

  1. J Reply
    June 22, 2019 at 1:54 pm

    As someone who relocated in PHX from SEA, I would love to see this. There are times when I have to send off my parents to Korea and I would like to have them avoid a layover in LAX/SFO. I could have them take KE’s non-stop from LAS but that would require two separate tickets which can be a hassle. So, this would be a nice addition to the existing service in SEA.

  2. Shahid Yaqoub Reply
    June 22, 2019 at 7:51 pm

    We must need Middle East Airline like Emirates Qatar Airways Etihad airlines

    • WayneG Reply
      June 22, 2019 at 11:16 pm

      Dubai to SLC on Emirates A380? Bring it on. Just make it an early morning flight please. Like no later that 0230. Drop the cost of business class and I’d take a seat now. DXB-IAD then whatever I can find from there. Delta business comes close but have to pay big money for it as well. I’m not that rich, just an average joe trying to make a living.

  3. emercycrite Reply
    June 22, 2019 at 10:57 pm

    Literally? LOL

  4. Irene Reply
    January 30, 2020 at 3:32 pm

    Why not add flights from SLC to Shanghai? there’re so many business travelling between Utah and China now days, and so many Chinese come to US to travel to National Parks, SLC is the place.

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