Delta to Cut Capacity on Boston – London Heathrow

Posted 18/04/2011

US major Delta Air Lines is to reduce capacity on its Boston to London Heathrow route from June 2, due, according to sources, to low passenger demand.  The carrier currently offers two flights every day using Boeing 767-400ERs, although from the start of June the airline will switch one of its flights to a smaller 757-200. 

The route is also served by American Airlines, British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic Airways, which together with Delta Air Lines offer eight daily flights between the destinations.  An estimated 640,000 O&D passengers travelled between London Heathrow – Boston in the past year, with BA holding a 43 per cent share of this traffic.  This is approximately a three per cent increase on the previous 12 month period.

Delta only launched the London Heathrow – Boston link at the end of last month, believing that could grab a part of the sizeable business market between the two cities.  Since 2007, when the US and UK governments liberalised air service access between their two countries, Delta has added more non-stop services to Heathrow than any of its US rivals.  The airline has grown from no services to the airport in 2007 to 10 daily flights from six US cities this summer, with non-stop service from its hubs in Atlanta, Detroit, New York JFK, and Minneapolis-St Paul as well as Boston and Miami.

Schedule:

DL270 BOS1840 – 0625+1LHR 764 D
DL144 BOS2250 – 1035+1LHR 752 D

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