Delta will not continue its Boeing 717 flights on Fridays and Saturdays at Columbus Airport after the trial met the airport’s capacity target on Fridays but missed it on Saturdays, airport director Amber Clark said.
The trial ran from June 12 to Sept. 6, replacing one of the three Atlanta flights scheduled on Fridays and Saturdays. Clark said the airport’s benchmark was average capacity of at least 85% for each day’s 717 flight. Friday load factors reached the high 90s and 100%.
Clark said Delta will consider a Thursday and Friday flight instead. She also said the airport plans meetings in the next few months about potential new commercial routes, including possible service to United’s Washington, D.C., hub and American’s hubs in Dallas and Charlotte.
The airport will attend an air service conference in December to discuss the collected data with airlines, Clark said.
Vincent Caldwell
News Now Georgia
