Delta Air Lines is the second-largest airline serving Florida by traffic. According to the US Department of Transportation (DOT), the SkyTeam member carried 30.2 million passengers to, from, and within the Sunshine State in the 12 months to March 2026. Only American Airlines’ traffic volume was higher (51.8 million), which was, of course, mainly due to its Miami hub.

For obvious reasons, Delta’s hubs and focus cities (Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York JFK, New York LaGuardia, Raleigh/Durham, Salt Lake City, and Seattle) accounted for nearly all the traffic. 96% of passengers flew to, from, or via those airports. Still, 1.2 million passengers didn’t. Some of those non-hub and non-focus city point-to-point routes have now ended.

A Quick Word About Delta’s Florida Route Cuts

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To examine the routes that no longer exist, the airline’s full Florida network between January 2025 and May 2026 was compared to what is scheduled to operate from June 2026 until April 2027. This was undertaken using Delta’s schedule submission to Cirium Diio. This examination follows a recent look at the cuts made by Allegiant Air and Southwest Airlines.

The information reflects what is known as of June 16, and may certainly change. Some very thin markets only had nonstop flights in a specific month (February or April), but are not currently scheduled in the future. As it is unclear if flights will return, they will be included in this article.

The very time-limited services for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas each January have been ruled out. For this major event, Delta briefly flew from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), Miami International Airport (MIA), and Orlando International Airport (MCO) to Las Vegas McCarran International Airport(LAS).

These 13 Domestic Routes Have Ended

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Delta ceased all 13 domestic routes between September 2025 and April 2026, as summarized below. Flights between MCO and MIA have had a long history. The DOT shows that this short route was part of Delta’s network until the mid-1990s, and then returned in 2003 and existed until 2008. For most of this time, MCO was a hub for Delta. Service resumed between 2015 and 2018, and then from 2022 until 2025.

In 2025, the DOT indicates that Delta transported 71,700 round-trip passengers between MCO and MIA and filled 76.2% of the available seats. Republic’s 76-seat Embraer E175s were mainly used, along with mainline Airbus A319s at the start of last year. The source suggests that 11,200 of these passengers were local (16%). Nearly everyone connected elsewhere, including in MIA with Delta’s joint venture partner LATAM (in which it also has equity) and on Delta’s own services via MCO.

Seven MCO markets ended in April this year. All had been part of the carrier’s network before, with some last served as far back as 2018. They had Saturday-only flights with Delta and revolved entirely around local or point-to-point traffic. Republic’s E175s were used. With only 67.3% of seats filled, MCO-Columbus was the worst-performing route in this sense.

One International Route Has Ended

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Recall that this article looked at Delta’s Florida routes between January 2025 and May 2026 and then compared that network to what’s available from June 2026 until April 2027. In March 2025, the carrier ceased flying between MCO and London Heathrow Airport (LHR). This route had only started in October 2024; it existed for one season.

Served four times weekly on the A330-900, it was a highly unusual addition for a US airline. After all, most people who fly between the UK and MCO are British. Delta probably elected to launch the route on behalf of its transatlantic joint venture partner Virgin Atlantic (in which it also has equity). After all, Delta continues to operate from MCO and Tampa to the critical SkyTeam hub of Amsterdam in partnership with transatlantic joint venture partner KLM.

Delta carried 30,300 passengers between MCO and LHR. When all nonstop operators are included, it transported a fifth of the airport pair’s traffic and a tenth when London Gatwick is included. But unlike the other carriers, Delta had a very low load factor of just 63.9%. No wonder the route only lasted one season.