This European Airport Becomes The Latest Destination Dropped From Delta Air Lines’ Network

Delta Air Lines will not serve Geneva next year. All flights in 2026 have been removed. This was first spotted by Ishrion Aviation and has been confirmed on the carrier’s website and in other booking engines. As of now, the last departure from New York JFK will be on October 20, 2025. Delta has been contacted for comment.

Geneva is the latest European airport to be removed from Delta’s map. It follows London Gatwick, with the last departure taking place on September 7, 2025. Elsewhere, the SkyTeam member will end JFK to Brussels flights on January 5, 2026, with the Belgian capital to remain served from Atlanta. As airlines continue to plan for next summer, more changes are likely. The freed-up aircraft may mean more new transatlantic routes next summer, alongside Malta and Olbia.

Delta To End Geneva Flights

After an absence of 30 years, the carrier resumed service from JFK to Geneva on April 10, 2023. Coincidentally, this was also the date it took off from JFK to Gatwick, a route that has just ended. The appeal of the Swiss city was obvious. It is a good-sized market and high-yielding.

In the 12 months to July 2025, all airlines (nonstop and indirect) carried 168,000 round-trip passengers between the two airports. They collectively had an average one-way fare—across all cabins—of $1,365, including a fuel surcharge. Its average was even greater than for JFK-Zurich ($1,263) and London Heathrow ($1,186), which is the US’s top market. Evidently, this doesn’t mean it succeeded. It’s a reminder not to be too fixated on bits of data.

Frequencies Reduced & Aircraft Were Getting Smaller

The route, which covered 3,357 nautical miles (6,217 km) each way, was seasonal. Operating between five times weekly and daily, the 216-seat Boeing 767-300ER was deployed from April through June 2025. That is not surprising.

According to US Department of Transportation data for 2024/2025, such months did poorly for loads. For example, it only filled 63% of seats in May 2025, 71% in May and September 2024, etc. In contrast, Delta’s average load across all of its European routes in May 2025 was 86%. Even if Delta were lucky enough to capture sufficient quantities of premium traffic, they’d be insufficient with those loads.

The peak summer appeared to do relatively well, evidenced by switching to the 238-seat 767-400ER. However, until 2025, only the higher-capacity and more premium 767-400ER was used to Geneva. The smaller 767-300ER only appeared this year. Moreover, from September 2025 onwards, frequencies have fallen from daily last year to five weekly now. Delta was already playing with the route in an attempt to improve performance.

Delta’s Traffic & Loads Were Already Falling

US DOT data for June 2024 until May 2025 shows that Delta carried 67,600 round-trip passengers (it was served seasonally). This was down from 71,800 between June 2023 and May 2024, partly due to lower-capacity equipment. Despite this, the overall load factor fell from 82% to 77%, although the impact on fares and yields is unknown.

Between June 2024 and May 2025, SWISS carried 118,000 passengers on Geneva-JFK, albeit because of its year-round service. Surprisingly, the DOT indicates that its load was a paltry 67%. The much stronger performance in the summer was insufficient. Meanwhile, United—which serves Geneva daily from Newark—carried 93,000 people and filled 78% of seats. In both cases, loads were lower than for their wider US-European operations.