Delta Air Lines has a busy rollout planned at Los Angeles International Airport: six new nonstop routes starting between November and next summer, four domestic and two international. By next summer, Delta expects to run more than 5,000 flights a month from LAX, cementing its place among the airport's top carriers.

The headline grabber is Manila. Delta will fly the transpacific route to Ninoy Aquino International Airport from March 2027 using its long-haul flagship, the Airbus A350-900. Service starts at three flights a week, ramping up to daily in the peak summer season. It's a significant link for one of the largest Filipino communities in the US, and Delta's network planning VP Jeff Arinder framed it as part of the airline's push to be the leading global carrier at LAX.

The second international addition is much closer: Vancouver, launching on 21 November with twice-daily A319 flights. It's an easy add-on for anyone wanting a Pacific Northwest city break or a gateway to British Columbia.

Domestically, Airbus narrowbodies handle most of the work. West Palm Beach gets daily A321neo service from 23 November, Newark Liberty gets twice-daily flights from 12 April, and Philadelphia follows with daily service from 8 June. The one exception is Monterey, California: from mid-December, SkyWest will fly the short intra-state hop twice a day with Embraer E175s under the Delta Connection brand.

For context on how big LAX is for Delta: Cirium data for July 2027 shows 5,372 departures in a single month, ranking it the airline's seventh-largest hub by flights, just behind JFK and ahead of Boston. Atlanta gets the most daily frequency (up to 12 flights), though the JFK route actually carries more seats thanks to larger aircraft.

Why should travellers care? If you're based in Southern California, these routes mean fewer connections for trips to Florida's Palm Beach coast, the New York and Philadelphia area, Vancouver, and - come spring 2027 - the Philippines without backtracking through Asia. Manila is especially notable: a one-stop-free option on a modern A350 is rare on this city pair, and it gives Filipino-American families and adventurous travellers alike a far simpler way west to the islands.

The Monterey route is a quiet win too - direct access to Carmel, Big Sur's doorstep and the Monterey Peninsula's golf courses without the drive up Highway 101.