The college football season is fast approaching, and Delta Airlines is ramping up its flight offerings to make it easier for fans to travel to the cities hosting their favorite teams’ games. The airline has launched more than 40 new direct routes and increased the capacity of 27 aircraft.
The airline has added more than 40 nonstop flights and deployed 27 larger aircraft, for a total of several thousand additional seats across its network, simply to meet the expected and growing demand from travelers.
Among the routes launched or expanded to coincide with the game schedule:
September 11 & 13 (SEP):
Flight : Washington D.C. ↔ South Bend | Game: Rice vs. Notre Dame
Flight : Birmingham ↔ Lexington | Game: Alabama at Kentucky
Flight : Oklahoma City ↔ Detroit | Game: Oklahoma at Michigan
September 25 & 27 (SEP):
Flight : Austin ↔ Knoxville | Game : Texas at Tennessee
The new service targets both major university cities and alumni communities, with connections to key destinations like Green Bay, Buffalo, and Miami, designed for the most anticipated matchups between September and November: Clemson-LSU, Texas-Tennessee, Alabama-LSU, among other classics.
It’s important to note that each pair of dates corresponds to a Friday departure and a Sunday return on the game weekend.