Delta Air Traces will launch the first-ever nonstop to South America from Salt Lake Metropolis Worldwide Airport (SLC).
Come Dec. 4, the SkyTeam alliance service will supply a day by day flight from the capital of Utah to Jorge Chávez Worldwide Airport (LIM) in Lima, Peru, by way of Jan. 25, 2026, Delta said Friday. The airline will function the brand new route with a Boeing 767-300ER.
Delta’s new Salt Lake Metropolis-Lima route will make it simpler for southbound vacationers to take a look at Peru’s many wonders, from Machu Picchu to the Amazon rainforest, and for northbound guests to take pleasure in Utah’s mountains and nationwide parks.
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However as thrilling as each locations are, the route deepens connections between Delta and its South American accomplice, LATAM. Lima is LATAM’s second-largest hub by departures and Salt Lake Metropolis is Delta’s fourth largest, schedule knowledge from aviation analytics agency Cirium exhibits. Meaning vital new one-stop connecting alternatives for vacationers in both path, for instance from Lima to Boise or from Salt Lake Metropolis to Cordoba, Argentina.
It’s also notable that Delta’s second nonstop to Lima — it serves the Peruvian capital solely from its megahub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport (ATL) — is from fast-growing Salt Lake Metropolis and never one in all its bigger hubs at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) or Minneapolis-St. Paul Worldwide Airport (MSP).
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“This new route is a big milestone for Delta and our prospects in Salt Lake Metropolis and all through the Mountain West,” Paul Baldoni, senior vp of community planning on the airline, mentioned in a press release. “With this expanded connectivity by way of our Salt Lake Metropolis hub, we’re proud to supply a quicker, extra handy approach to attain Lima and different main cities throughout South America.”
Salt Lake Metropolis airport officers estimate that the route will open 30 new one-stop locations in South America to native vacationers.
Delta and LATAM launched their partnership in 2022. The pact permits them to coordinate every little thing from routes and schedules to airfares, and collectively promote tickets for flights.
Since they debuted their partnership, Delta and LATAM have added seven new routes between the U.S. and South America, Cirium schedules present. They embody flights from Orlando Worldwide Airport (MCO) to each El Dorado Worldwide Airport (BOG) in Bogota, Colombia, and Arturo Merino Benítez Worldwide Airport (SCL) in Santiago, Chile; from Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX) to São Paulo Guarulhos Worldwide Airport (GRU); and from John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) to Galeao Worldwide Airport (GIG) in Rio de Janeiro.
The brand new long-haul route additionally comes 5 years after Salt Lake Metropolis opened a new terminal designed to facilitate the expansion of Delta’s hub. The airline launched the airport’s only nonstop to Asia, a day by day flight to Incheon Worldwide Airport (ICN) in Seoul, South Korea, in June.
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