Delta Airline introduces seasonal Lagos–New York service for festive travel

Delta Air Lines will operate a seasonal nonstop Lagos–New York (LOS–JFK) service from 2 December 2025 to 16 January 2026, providing additional capacity during Nigeria’s busiest international travel period.

The six-week operation responds to strong festive-season demand and complements Delta’s daily, year-round Lagos–Atlanta service.

The seasonal route will be operated exclusively with Delta’s Airbus A330-900neo, one of the airline’s most modern and fuel-efficient widebody aircraft, known for its spacious cabin design and enhanced customer comfort.

“The festive season consistently sees a surge in outbound and inbound travel for Nigerians, and we’re delighted to provide an additional nonstop option to New York during this peak period,” said Mary Gbobaniyi, Delta Air Lines Manager, Sales, West Africa.

“With the state-of-the-art A330-900neo, travellers can look forward to a world-class onboard experience, alongside convenient connectivity through Delta’s New York-JFK hub,” Mary added.

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Designed to serve the increase in holiday travel demand, the seasonal service will provide Nigerians with expanded and more convenient travel options during the festive period, particularly those with family and connections in key metropolitan areas such as Texas, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia, Washington and New York.

“Customers on the seasonal route will enjoy an enhanced onboard experience featuring Delta One Suites with fully lie-flat beds and chef-curated meals, Delta Premium Select with wider seats, deeper recline and elevated dining, Delta Comfort offering extra legroom and dedicated overhead bins and Delta Main, our standard onboard experience.

“Customers throughout the aircraft can also take advantage of seatback entertainment at every seat showcasing Nollywood, Hollywood and international content as well as access to fast, free Wi-Fi for SkyMiles Members,” the airline said.

Delta continues to invest in the Nigerian market, marking nearly two decades of uninterrupted service to Lagos. The airline operates from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport with seamless connections to destinations across the United States.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.