Delta Doubles Down in Austin

The airline is expanding in the city with 5 new routes.

A Delta Airbus A220-300 aircraft (Photo: Delta)

[ Routes ]September 30, 2024 11:14 am ET

By Ryan Ewing

Delta announced the addition of five new routes from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The new routes join a slew of others that the airline has added just this year.

Starting in 2025, the carrier is adding daily flights between Austin, Texas, and Panama City, Florida. Delta will also add service to Indianapolis; Memphis, Tennessee; San Francisco; and Tampa, Florida.

Service to Panama City is scheduled to begin on March 9, 2025, operated by a SkyWest Embraer E175 aircraft. Daily flights to Memphis and Indianapolis start on May 7, also operated by E175 jets.

Mainline Airbus A220-300 aircraft will serve both Tampa and San Francisco on a daily basis starting June 8.

“Delta has made its commitment to Austin known, and these new routes and the 55 peak-day departures planned for Summer 2025 reaffirm that,” said Joe Esposito, Delta’s network planning chief, in a news release. “This is on top of the already 20% seat capacity increase we put into service in April connecting Austin to new destinations in major corporate and leisure markets both within Texas and outside the state — onward throughout our global network.”

Continued Growth

Last month, Delta planned new service between Austin and New Orleans. Along with service to all of its hubs, the carrier currently flies between the Texas capital and Las Vegas; Orlando, Florida; Cincinnati; Harlingen, Midland and McAllen, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; and Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina.

Delta’s June 2025 route map from Austin (Photo: Cirium Diio)

The Atlanta-based airline’s plan to add five more routes from the central Texas city comes just weeks after American axed four routes. Once a focus city for American, the Fort Worth-based carrier has scaled back service in the market to only its hubs along with Cancun and Los Cabos, Mexico, and Aspen, Colorado.

By the second quarter of next year, Delta is slated to eclipse American as the second-largest carrier in Austin behind Southwest. According to Cirium Diio schedule data, the airline will offer roughly 23,000 more seats and 1,000 additional flights compared to American.

Delta is gearing up to grow its Austin operation by over 17% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.

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Ryan founded AirlineGeeks.com back in February 2013 and has amassed considerable experience in the aviation sector. His work has been featured in several publications and news outlets, including CNN, WJLA, CNET, and Business Insider. During his time in the industry, he's worked in roles pertaining to airport/airline operations while holding a B.S. in Air Transportation Management from Arizona State University along with an MBA. Ryan has experience in several facets of the industry from behind the yoke of a Cessna 172 to interviewing airline industry executives. Ryan works for AirlineGeeks' owner FLYING Media, spearheading coverage in the commercial aviation space.
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