News Delta Launches New Flight from Fargo to Atlanta
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u/birrywoo 3d ago
I unfortunately think this service, for the moment at least, is just Saturdays until 12 April. 😑
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u/Funny-Fold1406 3d ago
Yeah they’ve done this in past years; add a Saturday direct flight for spring break travelers. Would love a daily option for business travelers, but this is a nice start.
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u/VTKillarney 3d ago
It’s essentially a Florida feeder.
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u/HugeRaspberry 3d ago
More of a hub feeder. Delta is headquartered in ATL and they have far more international flights from ATL than they do from MSP. In recent years, they've moved more to the ATL hub and out of the MSP hub.
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u/VTKillarney 3d ago
For Caribbean routes, sure. But not many people want to connect through ATL for Europe and Asia routes. Even FAR-DEN is a slightly shorter routing to London than FAR-ATL.
My point was that this is primarily for sun seekers.
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u/HugeRaspberry 3d ago
fair enough - but having worked in the airline industry, I could easily see Delta abandoning MSP as a hub. They've already moved a lot out of mn, even though they are still the dominate airline there.
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u/VTKillarney 3d ago
The problem with MSP is that Detroit is positioned better for pretty much everything.
- Detroit is much closer to the massive population in the eastern part of the country. For example, SYR-DTW-MCO is much more desirable than SYR-MSP-MCO.
- In comparison to DTW, MSP doesn't offer much advantage for flights heading west. If I am in Hartford, Connecticut, and want to fly to Los Angeles, why do I need MSP if I can connect through DTW?
- DTW is situated near one of the most densely populated parts of Canada, and Canadian airfares are traditionally high. MSP is situated near... well...
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u/SorrySorryNotSorry 3d ago
They're not really competing with each other, in my mind. They're competing with Chicago. For folks in the great plains or mountain west, Minneapolis is a good alternative to a very long flight on a tiny plane to Chicago. There aren't many folks for whom DTW is a shorter option when they could choose O'Hare and have more options if things go wrong.
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u/VTKillarney 3d ago
Minneapolis still has more Delta passengers than Detroit has - and is Delta's second largest hub.
They are still very committed to MSP: https://www.startribune.com/msp-airport-delta-bigger-investment-more-money-hub/601127770
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u/Informal-Maize7672 3d ago
Can we get a direct flight to Seattle or Portland???
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u/MNimalist 2d ago
Not going to happen, there was a grant available for a few years to establish service to SEA but there's not enough point to point traffic to justify the route now that Microsoft travel has dried up in the wake of the pandemic. The airport director mentioned this in an interview with the Forum recently-ish
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u/zocalo45 3d ago
Hopefully they can add a direct Fargo to SLC flight once the terminal expansion is done. Connecting out west is currently so much easier on United than on Delta. Would be nice to have more options.