Orlando Sentinel (Sunday)

Delta to resume Orlando nonstop to Amsterdam

- By Kevin Spear kspear@orlandosen­tinel. com

Delta Air Lines will resume its pandemic-suspended flight from Orlando to Amsterdam this fall, marking further progress in Orlando Internatio­nal Airport’s gradual restoratio­n of interconti­nental service.

Delta’s flight to Amsterdam is the only service by a U.S. carrier to Europe. While ranking in 2021 as the world’s seventh-busiest airport, Orlando Internatio­nal Airport relies on the foreign airlines of Aer Lingus, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Lufthansa for service to Europe.

Delta’s daily nonstop flights to the Netherland­s began in March 2018, with departures at 9:45 p.m. and arrivals at 5:41 p.m. on a Boeing 767-300ER. Flights were halted early in the pandemic.

With service resuming Oct. 31, Delta will operate an Airbus A330-300, with 282 seats, including 31 lie-flat seats for Delta One service, the airline’s most premium class for long haul flights. Departures will be at 7:40 p.m. and arrivals at 5:25 p.m.

A Delta spokespers­on said that fares are difficult to predict because of fluctuatio­ns in fuel and other costs. But tickets will go on sale, starting May 14.

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CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP Delta will resume flights from Orlando to Netherland­s in October.

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