US airline Delta has introduced it would begin working direct flights from New York to Sardinia subsequent 12 months, after travellers voted it their favorite Mediterranean vacation spot over Ibiza and Malta.
The Italian island beat out the competitors in Delta’s Race Route survey, with members of the service’s SkyMiles loyalty program selecting it as their best choice.
The airline’s workers, in the meantime, selected Malta by a slim margin.
“With each locations rating on the prime for 2 of its most necessary communities, Delta selected so as to add each to its map, turning these votes into two new summer season getaways,” mentioned Delta spokesperson Paul Baldoni.
“We can now say that our community isn’t just constructed for our most loyal prospects, however by them.”
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Services between New York’s JFK airport and Olbia Costa Smeralda airport will run 4 instances every week from May twentieth, 2026, with flights departing from the US on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, and from Olbia on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
The route shall be seasonal, operating till October, in response to sources cited by Italian media.
Delta’s upcoming service would be the first nonstop connection between the US and Sardinia, marking a key victory for the managers of Olbia’s airport, who’ve been working in the direction of this purpose for a number of years, in response to Corriere della Sera.
“When we mentioned it in our places of work two years in the past, we nearly laughed, however that does not imply our thought wasn’t based mostly on strong data of the market and its calls for,” mentioned Silvio Pippobello, CEO of Geasar and Sogeaal, the businesses managing Olbia’s airport.
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“This is an amazing achievement for Sardinia, which shall be related for the primary time with a scheduled transatlantic flight,” he added.
Tickets are already accessible from Delta’s web site and different third social gathering sellers, with the airline promoting time-limited introductory offers.
