Delta Air Traces is planning to launch nonstop service subsequent summer season to a phenomenal southern European island the place no U.S. airline at present flies.
Precisely which one? That is as much as you.
Subsequent week, Delta will let its SkyMiles loyalty members solid their vote for which of three locations they’d prefer to see the provider fly to subsequent summer season.
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And the airline is vowing to launch flights to whichever one wins.
The three contenders are:
- Malta, the Mediterranean island between Sicily and northern Africa
- Sardinia, off the coast of Italy
- Ibiza, off the coast of Spain
SkyMiles members will be capable to solid their vote for his or her favourite of these three locations subsequent week.
Delta will open voting Aug. 25 by its cellular app, and members can have till Aug. 29 to make their choose.
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An thrilling new vacation spot … no matter which one wins
Whether or not the Atlanta-based provider finally finally ends up flying to Malta, Sardinia or Ibiza, it will be a groundbreaking new route.
No airline at present flies between the U.S. and any of these three locations.
However in recent times, airways (together with Delta) have taken observe of how unrelenting the demand has been for journey to southern Europe — together with extra off-the-beaten-path cities throughout the Atlantic.
That pattern led Delta to launch nonstop service this previous summer season from New York’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) to Catania, on the Italian island of Sicily.
In the meantime, prime competitor United Airways has launched a slew of routes to less-well-known locations, from Bilbao and Palma de Mallorca in Spain to Greenland and Mongolia.
For its half, Delta is framing this “Route Race” as a strategy to give its members a voice in the place the provider flies.
“The locations the place Delta flies are extra than simply dots on the map — they’re gateways to tradition, connection and chance,” Paul Baldoni, Delta senior vp of community planning, stated in a press release asserting the information.
The provider plans to announce the winner inside 30 days of when voting closes.
Ibiza, Malta or Sardinia … take your choose!
What can be your choose?
Every has attraction and novelty — to not point out accommodations you possibly can ebook on factors.
“Personally, I might love a direct path to Sardinia,” TPG Senior Journey Editor Lyndsey Matthews provided. “It has all of the scrumptious delicacies and lovely seashores vacationers search on the coasts of mainland Italy, however with approach fewer crowds.”
Price noting: Sardinia is dwelling to the brand-new W Sardinia — Poltu Quatu (a part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio). However there are different alluring choices in Ibiza and Malta too, together with a Westin (Marriott Bonvoy) in Ibiza and a Hilton in Malta.
Backside line
Which contender will come out on prime? That is as much as SkyMiles members subsequent week — a uncommon alternative for patrons to weigh in on an airline’s route map.
Delta didn’t but reveal which U.S. metropolis can be related with the brand new vacation spot, so rely that (together with the vacation spot itself) as a key growth to look at.
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