Wish to Go to Alaska Subsequent Summer time? Delta Is Giving Fliers Extra Choices

Whereas many airways are rising flight capability to Europe subsequent summer season, Delta Air Strains is boosting service to a well-liked home vacation spot: Alaska.

On June 8, 2025, the airline will convey again summer season seasonal flights between its Salt Lake Metropolis Worldwide Airport (SLC) hub and Fairbanks Worldwide Airport (FAI) in Alaska, the gateway to Denali Nationwide Park. This five-hour flight will likely be operated on Delta’s Airbus A220-100, with the each day service working by means of Sep. 9, 2025. 

“I’m excited to welcome Delta Air Strains’ expanded summer season seasonal service, now connecting Fairbanks to Salt Lake Metropolis and providing much more journey choices for our neighborhood and guests,” mentioned Alaska Worldwide Airport’s director, Angie Spear, in a press release. “This new route enhances our connectivity and reaffirms Fairbanks’ significance inside Delta’s community, constructing on the prevailing Seattle and Minneapolis routes.”

Tickets are already on sale instantly on Delta’s web site, beginning at $264 one-way or 22,500 SkyMiles and $5.60 in taxes and costs.

Along with Fairbanks, the airline will ramp up its connections to Anchorage. Simply earlier than the Memorial Day weekend, Delta will enhance service to as soon as each day from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) and Anchorage Worldwide Airport (ANC). The seven-hour flight will likely be operated on Delta’s Boeing 757 plane. 

Across the identical time, Delta will deploy its a lot bigger Boeing 767-300ER with 226 seats between its mega-hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Worldwide Airport (ATL) and Anchorage Worldwide Airport (ANC). 

Delta is not the one airline rising flights to Alaska for the height summer season season, as there at the moment are extra journey choices to the state than ever. This previous summer season, United Airways launched its inaugural service from Dulles Worldwide Airport (IAD) to Anchorage (ANC) and can resume these common flights for the upcoming peak season — when many of the state has as much as 24 hours of daylight.