The US airline Delta is seeing a significant increase in demand for traffic between Europe and the United States of America. In the past six weeks, 450 percent more tickets have been sold.

It is expected that the connections between the two continents will be at full capacity on November 8, 2021. Delta Air Lines expects an extraordinarily high demand for the weeks thereafter as well. The strong demand is reflected in both private and business travel to popular destinations such as New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Boston and Orlando. On November 8, the airline will operate a total of 139 flights from 55 international departure airports in 38 countries with more than 25.000 seats to the USA.

"This is the beginning of a new era for travel and for many people around the world who have not been able to see loved ones for nearly two years," said Ed Bastian, Delta CEO. “While many countries have already reopened their borders to American visitors over the summer, our international customers have not yet been able to travel with us or visit the USA. We are grateful to the US government for lifting the travel restrictions and look forward to bringing families, friends and colleagues back together in the coming days and weeks. "

In Germany, Delta in Frankfurt will resume the route to New York-JFK from December in addition to the existing connection to Atlanta, and from Munich there will initially be four flights a week to Atlanta.

In addition, the airline is increasing its frequencies on connections from London to Boston, Detroit and New York-JFK, from Amsterdam to Boston and from Dublin to New York-JFK. Delta's home airport, Atlanta, remains the busiest international hub with 56 daily departures to 39 international destinations, followed by the US's most visited city, New York (JFK), with 28 daily departures to 21 international cities.