Everything about Delta Shuttle totally explained
Delta Shuttle is the brand name for hourly air service operated by
Delta Air Lines on high-demand routes in the northeastern
United States. The service competes directly with
US Airways Shuttle. At
LaGuardia Airport, the Shuttle operates out of the
Marine Air Terminal, separate from other Delta Airlines operations and the rest of the airport, even accessed from the
Grand Central Parkway from a different exit than the other terminals. Delta markets the Shuttle as being the closest terminal to Manhattan.
History
The Shuttle came in to being in
1991.
Pan Am was struggling financially, and Delta purchased several of that airline's assets, including its lucrative northeastern air shuttle and the several
Boeing 727s being used to provide the service at that time. In
2000, Delta began replacing its fleet of Boeing 727s with
737-800s.
For a short period beginning in late
2003, after all Boeing 727s had been eliminated from the Delta fleet and replaced with the 737-800s, Delta shifted service of its shuttle routes on to
737-300s. This was a temporary move as the 737-300s were also being eliminated from the fleet, and currently all Delta Shuttle routes are served by
McDonnell Douglas MD-88s.
The Delta Shuttle was the last of the shuttle operations to promise a seat to passengers. If a plane was oversold, a second plane would be rolled out to form an "extra section" to fly the overflow on time. This practice ended in 2005.
City pairs
Fleet
McDonnell Douglas MD-88
Services and amenities
The shuttle offers a unique level of service designed primarily for business travellers between the northeast's business centers in Washington, DC, New York, and Boston. Services and amenities found on Delta Shuttle flights not usually found on Delta "mainline" flights include:
Increased legroom
Open-seating policy (to decrease delays associated with standard boarding procedures)
Meals in the morning hours
Enhanced snack service on all weekday flights (on "mainline" flights, Delta's enhanced snack service is reserved for flights longer than 3.5 hours)
Complimentary wine and premium beer
In addition, in gate waiting areas at Shuttle airports, passengers are offered complimentary newspapers and magazines, coffee, and juice.
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