Summary
- Delta Air Lines is resuming its double each day service between Salt Lake City and Santa Barbara using the A220-300, offering passengers a cushty flight experience with inflight amenities.
- The schedule shows that the aircraft will stay overnight in Santa Barbara to accommodate an early morning return to Salt Lake City, providing a well-liked option for business travelers and people connecting to Delta’s extensive network.
- With Atlanta also added to the Santa Barbara network, Atlanta shall be the airport’s most easterly gateway, giving customers more options to access destinations within the US West through Delta.
Delta Air Lines is trying to double down on Santa Barbara, California, with its upcoming double each day service resumption from Salt Lake City. The service, last operated between August 2019 and July 2020, will now be served twice each day with the state-of-the-art Airbus A220-300.
Relaunching its direct connection from June seventh of next 12 months, the airline will deploy its 130 seater A220 on the service, with 12 firstclass seats, 30 in Delta Comfort +, and 88 remaining in standard economy. All passengers will enjoy inflight WiFi, USB in-seat power, a private TV screen, and satellite television.
Source: GCMap
Delta’s return to Santa Barbara shall be complemented by one other direct service to the airline Atlanta hub; this route is about to begin on the identical day as Salt Lake, June seventh.
All aboard
From Salt Lake, the twice each day service will depart late morning and late evening, as noted below:
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)
- DL1001, departing from Salt Lake at 11:15 and touching down in Santa Barbara at 12:18 (block time of 2hr3mins)
- DL1025, departing from Salt Lake at 22:45 and arriving in Santa Barbara at 23:51 (block time of 2h6mins)
Photo: Delta Air Lines
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
- DL1023, departing from Santa Barbara at 06:00 and touching down into Salt Lake at 08:55 (block time 1hr55mins)
- DL1001, departing from Santa Barbara at 13:20 and arriving in Salt Lake at 16:15 (block time of 1hr55mins)
Remaining on the apron overnight
With the schedule clearly outlining that the aircraft will remain in Santa Barbara overnight to facilitate the early morning return to Salt Lake, will mean that on June seventh, the airline will only operate on outbound service from SBA, being DL1001 at 13:20. The early morning service will little doubt be popular for business travelers and people trying to connect into the more comprehensive DL network from SLC.
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Joe Esposito, Senior Vice President of Network Planning at Delta, noted the airline’s excitement about returning to Santa Barbara:
“By reopening service to Santa Barbara and delivering more ways to access sought-after destinations throughout the US West, we’re more ready than ever to take our customers on their next great adventures – with the service, reliability, and convenience they’ve come to know and expect when flying Delta.”
Photo: Airbus
With Atlanta joining the Santa Barbara route map from June next 12 months, ATL will change into the airport’s most easterly gateway.
No direct competition for Delta
With each Salt Lake and Atlanta key Delta hubs, the airline will satirically not face any direct competition on either route. Nonetheless, American Airlines and United maintain multiple services to their respective corners (including AA – Dallas and Phoenix and UA – Denver, San Francisco, and Los Angeles).
Southwest, the one low-cost carrier serving the airport, maintains 4 direct services, including Denver, Las Vegas, Oakland (San Francisco), and Sacramento.