Delta Ending 12-Year-Old Route

Delta is making some adjustments to its domestic network. This time, the airline plans to cut one of its long-standing routes from New York.

Ryan Ewing

Monday, June 02, 2025 at 07:00 AM ET

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An Endeavor Air CRJ-900 painted in the Delta Connection livery. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | William Derrickson)

Key Takeaways:

Delta is making some adjustments to its domestic network. This time, the airline plans to cut one of its long-standing routes from New York.

The carrier’s service between New York LaGuardia and Dayton, Ohio, will be discontinued, effective September 7. This daily route was operated by CRJ-900 aircraft.

This change was reflected in Friday’s Cirium Diio schedule update. Flights have also been removed from the carrier’s website.

Delta began operating nonstop flights between LaGuardia and Dayton in January 2013. The carrier continues to serve Dayton via its Atlanta hub with multiple daily flights.

A Delta spokesperson did not immediately respond to AirlineGeeks’ request for comment on the route cut.

Editor’s Note: Data referenced in this article was provided by aviation analytics company Cirium.

Ryan Ewing

Ryan founded AirlineGeeks.com in February 2013 and has spent more than a decade covering the airline business. His work has been featured by CNN, WJLA, CNET, and Business Insider. His aviation experience spans airport operations, Part 135 regulatory compliance, and airline crew workforce planning, along with time behind the yoke of a Cessna 172 and interviews with airline executives. Ryan now serves as Group President of Firecrown Media’s Aviation Group. He holds a B.S. in Air Transportation Management and an MBA from Arizona State University and teaches Airline Management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.