There is a monumental shift from business to leisure travel happening in the United States. Today, JetBlue announced
two dozen new routes on top of the
30 new routes announced in June and
6 new routes in July. American announced
23 new routes last week, the same day Southwest added
new routes from new stations in Florida,
Colorado and California. Yesterday United unveiled plans for
seven new long haul international routes on top of the
12 new Florida routes added in August. Alaska just added
three new ski routes and in July added
12 new routes from LAX.
The last new route press release in Delta News Hub is
from January 17th. As far as I can tell, the only new route added since March is 2x daily SEA-ONT. I find it remarkable one of the world's largest airlines cannot find any new routes worth trying during such a dramatic shift in travel patterns with aircraft and crews sitting idle. I recognize the drop in overall demand for air travel but is Delta being too conservative?