Delta Adds 13 Saturday-Only Summer Routes For 2026

Delta’s 2026 summer Saturday network play

Delta is stacking its weekends next summer with 13 new Saturday-only routes plus 30+ returning seasonal services across the US, Caribbean, Mexico, and Canada. Most of the new flying is timed for peak leisure demand between May/June and September/October 2026, and almost all of it is point-to-point over hubs to free up mainline lift.

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Austin (AUS): three new Saturday routes

Starting June 13, 2026, Delta will add three Saturday-only routes from its growing Austin focus city, all on Delta Connection Embraer E175s (76 seats, 12F / 20 Comfort+ / 44 Main):

• AUS–BZN (Bozeman Yellowstone, MT) – BZN

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• AUS–FCA (Kalispell / Glacier Park, MT) – FCA

• AUS–VPS (Destin–Fort Walton Beach, FL) – VPS
  All three will be operated by SkyWest for Delta.

  

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Atlanta (ATL): Caribbean + Canada on Saturdays

Delta will layer in weekend flying from ATL to:

• Grenada (GND)

• St. Vincent & the Grenadines (SVD)

• Vancouver, Canada (YVR)
  These pair well with Delta’s existing winter sun network and give Southeast travelers one-stop-less options.

  

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Boston (BOS): two sun routes

From BOS, Delta adds Saturday-only summer flying to:

• Aruba (AUA)

• Nassau, Bahamas (NAS)

Los Angeles (LAX): mountain + Montana

From LAX, Delta will fly Saturdays to:

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• Jackson Hole, WY (JAC)

• Bozeman, MT (BZN)
  Both will be operated by SkyWest E175s, matching the pattern elsewhere.

Seattle (SEA): southwest add

From SEA, Delta adds a Saturday E175 to:

• Albuquerque, NM (ABQ) – ABQ
  Also SkyWest-operated.

New York–LaGuardia (LGA): Florida Panhandle + Bahamas

From slot-constrained LGA, Delta will still carve out weekend leisure:

• LGA–VPS (Destin–Fort Walton Beach, FL) – operated by Republic E175

• LGA–NAS (Nassau, Bahamas)

Returning seasonal routes

Delta also plans to bring back a large slate of summer Saturday routes, including (highlights):

• From ATL: TVC, RAP, BGR, CUR, STX, RTB, ANU, BON, SKB

• From BOS: MYR, BZN, ILM, AVL, TVC

• From DTW: BGR, BZN, PUJ, VPS, PNS

• From LGA: ECP (Panama City, FL)

• From JFK: BZN, CUN, SXM, PLS

• From MSP: JAC, AVL, SJU, SRQ, ILM

• From SEA: PVR

Aircraft & operators

• Most of the new routes: Embraer E175 (SkyWest, Republic)

• Mainland leisure / Caribbean: mix of mainline narrowbodies and high-gauge RJs, depending on demand and stage length

• All are Saturday-only to protect business schedules Monday–Friday.

Bottom line

Delta is using Saturdays in summer 2026 to widen its leisure footprint without tying up weekday hub capacity — especially from AUS, ATL, BOS, LAX, SEA, and NYC — and is restoring more than 30 proven seasonal routes on top of the 13 brand-new ones.