Summary
- Delta Air Lines has opened 13 recent gates at Salt Lake City International Airport’s Concourse A, eliminating the necessity for boarding from the ramp or using buses.
- Delta has invested significantly in Salt Lake City, including the A concourse, because it is crucial to their operations and connecting the Utah capital to other countries.
- Operations in Salt Lake City account for greater than 72% of the market share, with over 14,000 flights operated by Delta this month, serving each domestic and international destinations.
Delta Air Lines has opened 13 recent gates at Salt Lake City International Airport’s Concourse A. The concourse was opened in September 2020, and expansion is finally complete.
Expanding again
Salt Lake City International Airport is crucial to Delta Air Lines’ operations, specializing in the West Coast of america but additionally connecting the Utah capital to other countries. The Atlanta-based airline has invested significantly in Salt Lake City and, just a number of months ago, announced its first pilot facility since opening the present Atlanta facility within the Nineteen Sixties. A part of the investment in Salt Lake City included the A concourse, which opened in September 2020.
Today, thirteen recent gates were opened at Concourse A at SLC. The brand new gates eliminate the necessity for any flight departing Concourse A to board from the ramp and use buses to get to the aircraft. The eastern a part of the A Concourse was in-built partnership with the Salt Lake City Department of Airports and features 22 gates, nine of which opened earlier this summer.
“The completion of Concourse A comes just ahead of what we anticipate will likely be a busy holiday and ski travel season. It’s a privilege for the 5,400 Delta employees here in Salt Lake City to share this state-of-the-art facility with our customers as we proceed to supply them with the elevated experience they’ve come to expect from Delta.” – Adam Ryan, Managing Director of SLC Operations, Delta Air Lines
2023 has been a big 12 months for Delta in Utah. Just a few months ago, the airline reached a cope with the Utah Jazz, Salt Lake City’s basketball team, to turn out to be the team’s official airline and regain the world’s naming rights. Prior to now, the world had been called the Delta Center until the deal expired in 2006.
Delta signed a lease extension with Salt Lake City through 2044, with two five-year extensions available, should the airline go for them. Along with expanding the length of the contract, Delta will go from operating 55 gates to 66. In June, ground was broken on the brand new pilot training facility, which could have capability for ten simulators, along with the training facilities in Atlanta.
A fast overview of Delta operations in SLC
Greater than seventy-two percent of the market share at Salt Lake City belongs to Delta. In response to data from Cirium, the airport had 19,512 flights scheduled this month, and Delta operated 14,110. The following-closest competitor is Southwest Airlines, with 2,090. Of the 14,110 flights, 571 were international, serving destinations in five countries. In October, three European destinations were served each day, Paris, Amsterdam, and London, served by the Airbus A330s (each the -200s and -900s/neos). As well as, three Canadian and 4 Mexican destinations were served this month.
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On Delta’s domestic operations from Salt Lake, 1,795,337 seats were available on 13,539 flights. Three of the busiest routes were to its hubs in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Seattle. The fourth-busiest route was to nearby St. George, with five each day flights on the Bombardier CRJ900.