1 week Ago By James Pearson
As part of Delta Air Lines' latest international expansion , it plans to return to Grenada (last served in 2020) and—most notably—begin its first-ever flights to St Vincent . Both will be flown from Atlanta, the carrier's busiest hub and the world's busiest airport. Delta will inaugurate service to the two Caribbean destinations in December when it plans to fly to 26 airports across the region.
While subject to change, Delta's latest schedule submission to Cirium Diio shows it plans 62 Caribbean routes in December from eight hubs, focus cities, and others: Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Miami, Minneapolis, New York JFK, New York LaGuardia, and Raleigh/Durham. Daily takeoffs average 59 , with a record high of 99 on December 20 and December 27, the Saturdays before and after the festive day. Delta to St Vincent and Grenada On December 20, for the all-important Christmastime, Delta will inaugurate its first-ever service to St Vincent .
It will be the only time Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have had Atlanta flights. That is not surprising. In 2024, the market only had ~2,000 round-trip point-to-point passengers .
Nonstop flights, hopefully strong promotions, and the vast connectivity over Atlanta will help to fill its aircraft. This will be critical, as Delta will have up to a daily service. Then there's Grenada , a destination to which Delta stopped flying in March 2020.
It is one of nearly 100 destinations Delta has cut from Atlanta in the past two decades . When flights resume on December 20, Grenada will become Delta's second-longest Caribbean market from the Georgia hub after Barbados. As with St Vincent, which has a near-identical schedule, it is timed to maximize two-way connectivity.
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Frequency Aircraft Timings (local) Max. block time St Vincent Daily (five weekly from early January) 737-800 09:40-15:05 out, 16:20-20:30 back 5h 10m Grenada Daily (five weekly from early January) 737-800 09:45-15:15 out, 16:30-20:45 back 5h 15m Delta's Caribbean network from Atlanta The map above shows its 24 routes in December (it will vary at other times). Narrowing the focus to the week starting December 20 , when St Vincent and Grenada will be operational, indicates Delta will have 289 takeoffs .
There will be 46 departures on Saturday and 40 to 41 on the other six days. Some 20 of the 24 routes will have at least one daily service, eight will have twice-daily service or more, and five, shown below, will have at least triple-daily operation. The data below is a snapshot as of April 7 and may change.
You can see that St Vincent and Grenada's departure times from Atlanta (09:40/09:45) are very similar to many of the following. It is Delta's primary departure bank to the Caribbean. Atlanta to.
.. Frequency (December 20-26, 2025) Aircraft Departs from Atlanta Arrives in Atlanta San Juan Six daily 737-900ER and 757-200 07:25, 08:25, 09:50, 12:50, 15:30 (overnights), 18:35 (overnights) 09:18, 10:32, 16:07, 17:08, 18:32, 21:25 Montego Bay Four daily A321neo 08:15, 09:55, 11:20, 17:45 (overnights) 11:05, 15:40, 17:20, 18:43 Nassau Four daily A321neo 09:45, 11:05, 12:20, 19:40 (overnights) 10:33, 15:37, 16:57, 18:17 Punta Cana Four daily A321ceo 08:15, 09:45, 11:05, 12:20 17:01, 18:35, 19:51, 21:00 St Thomas Triple daily 757-200 08:15, 10:14, 11:29 17:24, 18:25, 19:26 A quick look at Atlanta-San Juan: 2024 The US Department of Transportation shows Delta carried 566,000 round-trip Atlanta-San Juan passengers last year.
With 616,000 seats for sale, it filled 92% on average, varying from 86% in January to 95% in August. Booking data suggests that around 320,000 passengers connected in Atlanta. Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Norfolk, San Antonio, and Austin were the five most popular origins and destinations.
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