Delta's South Florida October 1981 Schedule

Delta has long been a player in the South Florida airline market. In fact, Delta’s success in the market is remarkable because the airline has never had a proper hub or mini-hub among the three airports and relied heavily on point to point service built up pre deregulation and from the 1972 merger with Northeast to become one of the dominant local carriers.

Here is a snapshot at Delta’s October 1981 South Florida operation, which went head to head with locally based Eastern as well as Pan Am (founded in Florida but moved to New York and eventually back to Miami) out of the three south Florida airports.

It is also worth noting that the five flights between Miami and Fort Lauderdale were all tag alongs that often went on to another destination. For example, one of the flights that originated in Fort Lauderdale and went to Miami continued on to Montreal. Another flight that originated in Miami and went to Fort Lauderdale continued to Baltimore.

FORT LAUDERDALE

Atlanta 7x daily

Baltimore 1x daily

Boston 3x daily

Chicago O’Hare 4x daily

Dallas/Fort Worth 1x daily

Detroit 2x daily

Hartford 1x daily

Miami 5x daily

Newark 2x daily

New York-JFK 3x daily

New York-LGA 2x daily

Philadelphia 2x daily

Tampa/St Pete 3x daily

36 Flights Daily

MIAMI

Atlanta 6x daily

Boston 3x daily

Chicago ORD 2x daily

Cincinnati 1x daily

Detroit 1x daily

Fort Lauderdale 5x daily

Memphis 1x daily

Montreal 2x daily

Philadelphia 1x daily

San Juan 2x daily

Tampa 3x daily

West Palm Beach 3x daily

30 Flights Daily

WEST PALM BEACH

Atlanta 6x daily

Boston 2x daily

Chicago ORD 2x daily

Detroit 1x daily

Jacksonville 2x daily

Miami 3x daily

New York LGA 2x daily

Tampa 1x daily

19 Flights Daily