AUSTIN (KXAN) — Delta Air Lines is launching another new nonstop route from Austin in November, this time to Miami.
Service between Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and Miami International Airport will begin Nov. 22, with flights operating once daily. The new year-round route will be operated by Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
The AUS-MIA route is already served by American Airlines, Frontier Airlines and Southwest Airlines.
Delta has announced a flurry of new routes from AUS in recent months. Service to seven new destinations has already begun this year and more are coming before the end of the year. Nonstop flights to Palm Springs and Denver will begin in November, while international service to Cancun and San Jose del Cabo will begin in December. Delta has not served any international destination directly from Austin since 2011.
The airline has also already announced two new flights set to begin next year: service to Columbus and Kansas City will commence in June.
Delta also announced a new permanent flight attendant base in Austin, set to open in October. A spokesperson told KXAN that 125 flight attendants will be staffed at the base as part of a “strategic move” driven by increasing customer demand, evolving flight schedules and Delta’s long-term vision for the area.
In May, Delta overtook American Airlines as the second-largest airline operating at AUS in terms of passenger traffic, behind only Southwest. As of July, Delta has flown more than 2.1 million passengers in and out of Austin, accounting for about 17% of all traffic. Southwest has flown more than 5.1 million passengers, or 41.3% of the total.
Both airlines are jockeying for an increased presence at Austin-Bergstrom, which plans to build an additional terminal set to open in 2030, almost doubling capacity at the airport.
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