Delta adds Miami airport flights as it ramps up partnership with LATAM
Delta Air Lines is expanding service at Miami International Airport this year as it ramps up a partnership with Chile-based LATAM Airlines.
Between May and July, Delta will add 13 new nonstop daily flights to four cities from MIA: Orlando, Raleigh-Durham, Salt Lake City and Tampa. The additions will bring Delta’s MIA footprint to 41 nonstop daily flights to 10 different cities. Orlando, Raleigh-Durham and Tampa are already served by competitor American Airlines; Salt Lake City is a new route for the airport.
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The new Delta flights will be timed to allow for connections with LATAM flights from MIA, the company said. LATAM has nonstop flights from MIA to 10 cities in Latin America and the Caribbean, including six cities in Brazil.
“With this expansion, we are now well positioned to provide superior service and a convenient network for customers connecting between our airlines as well as for travelers going to and from South Florida,” said Delta’s senior vice president of network planning, Joe Esposito, in a statement.
The LATAM-Delta partnership is shaking up things at Miami’s airport. Last year, LATAM, Latin America’s largest airline, ditched its partnership with American Airlines in favor of a deal with Delta Airlines. Delta purchased a 20% stake in LATAM for $1.9 billion in January.
American Airlines is by far MIA’s largest carrier, with more than 30 million MIA passengers flying American from November 2018 to October 2019, according to the most recent county statistics available. Delta is MIA’s second largest carrier with 2.7 million passengers in the same time frame, and LATAM ranked third with 1.6 million passengers.
This story has been updated to reflect passenger data from LATAM Airlines and all of its partners.
This story was originally published January 20, 2020 at 7:00 AM with the headline "Delta adds Miami airport flights as it ramps up partnership with LATAM."
