Delta announces nonstop flights from Fresno to Atlanta

If you’ve been postponing your summer trip, a new flight from Fresno could be the key to saving summer.

Delta Air Lines announced daily nonstop flights between Fresno Yosemite International Airport and the world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Atlanta is the furthest route from the Fresno Airport.

“(The route) provides passengers with more convenient travel options and seamless connectivity,” airport officials said in a statement Friday. “A major global gateway, service through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport will provide residents of California’s Central Valley with faster, easier access to the bustling metro areas of the East Coast and the sunny beaches of Florida as well as well as Latin America and the Caribbean, popular European destinations. , and in Africa.

Fresno’s main airport is already expanding its footprint. Mayor Jerry Dyer said the new flight schedule creates new opportunities.

“We are extremely pleased with Delta Air Lines’ launch of new air service to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and its timeliness with the busy summer travel season,” Dyer said.

Nonstop flights to Atlanta increase Fresno’s visibility, airport officials said. They hope it will make Fresno an attractive, progressive city with air service to major air transportation hubs.

“By offering more ways to access sought-after destinations throughout the Western United States, we are more ready than ever to take our customers on their next great adventures – with the service, reliability and convenience that they know and expect when they travel. Delta,” said Joe Esposito, senior vice president of network planning.

Delta Air Lines will operate the Atlanta route using Boeing 737-800 aircraft on a scheduled schedule to accommodate single-day business trips or multi-day stays. The flight to Atlanta departs at 10:30 p.m. and arrives at 5:50 a.m. EDT, coinciding with early morning departures to domestic and global destinations via the Delta Air Lines network.

“Air service to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is consistently ranked among Fresno Yosemite International Airport’s top 10 markets for Central Valley travelers,” said Aviation Director Henry Thompson . “We appreciate Delta Air Lines for its confidence in the Fresno market and for meeting our region’s air service needs by developing more destinations and accessing the airline’s international network with nonstop service between Fresno and Atlanta .”

Pair of towns	Departure	Arrived	Frequency	Plane
Hartsfield-Jackson/Fresno	7:37 p.m.	9:23 p.m.	Every day	738
Fresno/Hartsfield-Jackson	10:30 p.m.	5:50 a.m.	Every day	738

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