Delta Air Lines on Dec. 1 will relaunch service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Lagos, Nigeria, the carrier announced Friday.
The routes initially will be daily, then beginning Jan. 16, 2025, will operate three times weekly, using Airbus A330-200 aircraft configured with four cabins—Delta One, Delta Premium Select, Delta Comfort Plus and Main. The carrier currently operates daily flights between Atlanta and Lagos.
In addition, the carrier in October will upgrade its aircraft on flights serving Accra, Ghana, from JFK to the 281-seat Airbus A330-900neo, adding nearly 1,000 more seats each week and providing 30 percent more capacity between Ghana and the United States, according to Delta. The carrier will offer a four-cabin configuration.
Further, Delta also is upgrading to the Airbus A350-900 on flights between Atlanta and each Johannesburg and Cape Town in South Africa, which will provide an additional eight Delta One Suite seats, bringing the total to 40, according to the carrier. The aircraft will go into service on June 20 for Johannesburg and on Sept. 9 for Cape Town.
