Delta Air Lines has increased the number of services it will offer from the US to Heathrow this autumn to almost 30 a week following the removal of quarantine restrictions on fully vaccinated US travellers from Monday.
However, the US remains closed to UK and EU travellers as it has since March 2020. US President Biden’s administration said this week it is considering opening to fully vaccinated travellers but “will maintain existing travel restrictions at this point”.
Delta will reintroduce services from Detroit and Seattle to Heathrow and increase the frequency of flights from New York JFK to two a day.
Flights from Detroit will operate four times a week from October 11 and from Seattle three times a week from October 7.
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New York-JFK services to Heathrow will double from October 6.
Delta also offers a daily flight from Atlanta.
The carrier’s joint-venture partner Virgin Atlantic also operates to Heathrow more than 30 times a week from Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK and Atlanta.
Delta senior vice president for network planning Joe Esposito said: “This reopening marks a major milestone since the borders closed to most travellers more than a year ago.”
US travellers visiting to the UK must provide proof of full vaccination and of a negative PCR test taken within three days of departure then take another PCR test two days after arrival.