Delta Air Lines’ current widebody fleet consists of 176 aircraft. According to ch-aviation.com, it has 38 Airbus A350-900s, 38 Boeing 767-300ERs, 37 A330-900s, 31 A330-300s, 21 767-400ERs, and 11 A330-200s. In comparison, United Airlines has 228 twin-aisles. But given its much stronger long-haul dominance, that’s unsurprising.
All 11 A330-200s were inherited from Northwest, and all the frames are active. They each have 223 seats: 34 in Delta One (1-2-1), 21 in Premium Select (2-3-2; 38″ pitch), 24 in Comfort+ (2-4-2; 34″), and 144 in Main (2-4-2; 32″).
Where Delta’s A330-200s Will Operate In October
The map above shows all of Delta’s A330-200 routes in October. Like other northern carriers, Delta’s summer schedules are operational until Saturday, October 25. The following day, it’ll shift to winter schedules, with these dates based on IATA slot seasons. This is why the table shows that routes change quite a bit around then.
Spread across the whole month, Cirium Diio data indicates that Delta plans an average of 19 daily departures on the A330-200 (double for both ways). The variant’s overall stage length will be 3,797 nautical miles (7,032 km). Compared to a decade ago, the distance has reduced by 22%. The subsequent entry of the A330-900 and A350-900 contributed.
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A330-200 Frequency In October |
Route (Only A330-200 Flights Are Mentioned)* |
|---|---|
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Daily to two daily |
New York JFK to Los Angeles (from October 24; two daily from October 26) |
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Daily |
Atlanta to Dublin (from October 26), Frankfurt, London Heathrow (until October 6, then from October 24), Munich (October 6-23) Detroit to Frankfurt (daily; sub-daily at the end of the month), London Heathrow (until October 24), Munich (October 7-23) Minneapolis to Dublin (until October 5; returns sub-daily from October 28) New York JFK to Accra (October 5-24), Frankfurt (until October 23, sub-daily thereafter), London Heathrow (from October 25) Seattle to London Heathrow (from October 25) |
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Up to six weekly |
Atlanta-Lagos (until October 24) |
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Five weekly |
Salt Lake City-London Heathrow |
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Four weekly |
Atlanta-Naples (until October 24) |
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Three weekly |
Atlanta-Zurich, Detroit-Dublin (until October 5) |
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Limited flights |
Atlanta-Buenos Aires (two weekly; October 5-21), Atlanta-Tampa (weekly) |
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One-offs |
Atlanta-Madrid (October 23 only), New York JFK-Paris CDG (October 24 only) |
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* Dates refer to the US. Things will certainly be different in November |
Atlanta Has 41% Of The A330-200’s Flights
Eight US hubs and airports will see the A330-200 in October. Compared to last October, the variant’s 
Atlanta flights have risen by 71%. This is because routes have jumped from three to ten. A year ago, only these links existed: Frankfurt and Lagos were served daily, while Orlando had a handful of services.
This growth has pushed the hub’s overall share of A330-200 flights from just over a quarter of the total to 41%. Atlanta is, of course, Delta’s top hub, where it has 79% of the overall flights, while it is the US’s seventh-busiest airport for widebody activity.
Despite the relatively huge increase, the A330-200 remains Delta’s least-popular widebody at Atlanta. When ordered by October flights, it ranks behind the A330-300, A330-900, 767-300ER, A350-900, and 767-400ER.
New York JFK To Los Angeles Will Have The Most A330-200 Flights In 7 Years
Between October and the year’s end, Delta plans more A330-200 flights from New York JFK to Los Angeles than at any point since 2018. This is despite departures decreasing from double daily at the end of October to daily from mid-November onward. It’ll coexist with the A330-300, 767-300ER, and 767-400ER (until October 31), with up to 11 daily takeoffs on twin-aisle equipment each day. In early October, American’s widebodies will return to the airport pair for the first time since 2021.
Unsurprisingly, JFK-Los Angeles is the US’s top domestic market by local traffic. Not only is it enormously popular for obvious reasons, but its position is also because 88% of the passengers are point-to-point. They don’t travel elsewhere. But when overall traffic is considered, it is the second-busiest US domestic market, behind Atlanta to Orlando. Yes, it has a lot of local traffic, but its prominence is, of course, because of the vast number of transit passengers via Atlanta.
