Delta Air Lines Orders 20 A350-1000s

As anticipated a few days ago, Delta Air Lines confirmed this Friday that it will incorporate 20 new Airbus A350-1000s by 2026, making it the first operator of the largest variant of that family in the American continent.

In addition, considering that it already operates 27 A350-900s and still has 16 pending delivery, Delta will have one of the largest A350 fleets in the world, totaling 63 aircraft.

«The A350-1000 will be the largest and most efficient aircraft in Delta’s fleet and represents a significant step forward for our international expansion,» said Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta.

These aircraft will serve both to replace older ones such as the A330 and 767 and to increase capacity in key long-haul markets. The configuration will bring 15% more premium seats in the Delta One Suites, Delta Premium Select, and Delta Comfort+ cabins, as well as in Economy.

As detailed by the company, with this announcement the total number of aircraft pending delivery for Delta in the coming years rises to 248 narrow-body and 48 wide-body aircraft.

How does Delta Air Lines deploy its widebody aircraft?

Widebody aircraft account for 33.1% of Delta Air Lines’ offered capacity (in ASK), 10% of seats and 5.4% of flights in January 2024, according to information obtained by Aviacionline through Cirium.

The schedule shows this route breakdown:

Airbus A330-200

• Atlanta – Frankfurt
• Atlanta – Lagos
• Atlanta – Salt Lake City
• Boston – Paris-CDG
• Boston – London-LHR
• Boston – Lisbon
• Detroit – Frankfurt
• Detroit – London-LHR
• Minneapolis – London-LHR
• Salt Lake City – London-LHR

Airbus A330-300

• Atlanta – Amsterdam
• Atlanta – Barcelona
• Atlanta – París-CDG
• Atlanta – Sao Paulo-GRU
• Atlanta – Honolulu
• Atlanta – Las Vegas
• Atlanta – Seattle
• Cincinnati – París-CDG
• Detroit – Amsterdam
• Detroit – París-CDG
• Detroit – Honolulu
• Detroit – Orlando
• New York-JFK – Amsterdam
• New York-JFK – Barcelona
• New York-JFK – París-CDG
• New York – Rome
• Minneapolis – París-CDG
• Portland – Amsterdam
• Seattle – Amsterdam
• Seattle – París-CDG

Airbus A330-900

• Atlanta – Seattle
• Boston – Amsterdam
• Boston – París-CDG
• New York-JFK – Amsterdam
• New York-JFK – París-CDG
• New York-JFK – Los Angeles
• New York-JFK – London-LHR
• New York-JFK – Milan-MXP
• Los Ángeles – París-CDG
• Los Ángeles – Tokio-HND
• Los Ángeles – London-LHR
• Orlando – Amsterdam
• Minneapolis – Amsterdam
• Minneapolis – París-CDG
• Minneapolis – Tokio-HND
• Seattle – Atlanta
• Seattle – Tokyo-HND
• Seattle – Seoul
• Seattle – London-LHR
• Seattle – Shanghai-PVG
• Salt Lake City – Amsterdam
• Salt Lake City – París-CDG

Airbus A350-900

• Atlanta – Amsterdam
• Atlanta – Cape Town
• Atlanta – Detroit
• Atlanta – Rome
• Atlanta – Tokyi-HND
• Atlanta – Seoul
• Atlanta – Johannesburg
• Atlanta – Los Angeles
• Atlanta – Lima
• Atlanta – Santiago de Chile
• Los Ángeles – Auckland
• Los Angeles – Sydney
• Minneapolis – Seoul

Boeing 767-300ER

• Atlanta – Bogotá
• Atlanta – Río de Janeiro
• Atlanta – New York-JFK
• Atlanta – Orlando
• Atlanta – Munich
• Atlanta – San Francisco
• Atlanta – Salt Lake City
• Atlanta – Quito
• Honolulu – Tokyo-HND
• Honolulu – Los Ángeles
• Honolulu -Minneapolis
• Honolulu -Seattle
• Honolulu – Salt Lake City
• New York-JFK – Accra
• New York-JFK – Bogotá
• New York-JFK – Brussels
• New York-JFK – Dakar
• New York-JFK – Dublin
• New York-JFK – Río de Janeiro
• New York-JFK – Los Angeles
• New York-JFK – San francisco
• New York-JFK – Salt Lake City
• Los Ángeles – Tahiti
• Salt Lake City – Kahului

Boeing 767-400

• Atlanta – Buenos Aires-EZE
• Atlanta – Los Ángeles
• Atlanta – London-LHR
• Atlanta – Phoenix
• New York-JFK – Buenos Aires-EZE
• New York-JFK – Frankfurt
• New York-JFK – Sao Paulo-GRU
• New York-JFK – Honolulu
• New York-JFK – London-LHR
• New York-JFK – Lisbon
• New York-JFK – Madrid
• New York-JFK – Zurich