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Updated 21 July 2026: Delta has now published the route schedules (which have been reproduced below) and we have confirmed the cabin details for the LAX-HKG route.
It has been seven long years since Delta has offered flights to Hong Kong (the Seattle Hong-Kong route ended in October 2018), but now it looks like the airline is ready to give Hong Kong another go as it says that it will serve the special administrative region of China from Los Angeles starting in 2026.
Delta’s LAX – Hong Kong route
The first flight to launch on this route will operate on 6 June 2026 and the schedule which was published over the weekend, looks like this:
DL5 LAX 23:30 – 05:00+2 days HKG (Daily)
DL6 HKG 09:25 – 08:00 LAX (Daily)
The A350-900 that Delta will use on this route will offer all of the airline’s cabin options (Delta One, Delta Premium Select, Delta Comfort and Delta Main), and now that the schedules have been published, we can see that the cabin layout on offer will be this one:
- Delta One – 40 Forty Thompson Vantage XL seats arranged in a staggered 1-2-1 configuration.
- Premium Select – 40 Collins MiQ premium economy seats arranged in a 2-4-2 configuration.
- Delta Comfort+ – 36 Recaro CL3710 seats located at the front of the Economy Class cabin and arranged in a 3-3-3 configuration (34″ of pitch).
- Economy Class -36 Recaro CL3710 seats arranged in a 3-3-3 configuration (31″ of pitch).
In the Delta One and Delta Premium Select cabins, each passenger has access to their own USB-A port(s) and AC power outlets.
In the Delta Comfort+ and Economy Class seats, each passenger has access to their own USB-A port(s) and access to shared AC power outlets.
Delta seems to be particularly pleased with its planned return to Hong Kong and when discussing the new route, Paul Baldoni (Delta’s SVP of Network Planning) had this to say:
“As the largest global carrier at LAX, we’re continuing to invest in routes that matter to our customers and deliver the premium travel experience that they’ve come to expect from Delta.”
There are also suggestions from the airline that this route goes beyond just the transport of passengers.
With a capacity for 20 tons of cargo, the A350-900 is well equipped to “expand [the airline’s] ability to transport high-value shipments — including electronics, e-commerce and perishables” so, perhaps, this will be a route that’s less dependent on people flying across the Pacific than the Seattle – Hong Kong route that was, presumably, unprofitable seven years ago.
Delta will add Los Angeles – Chicago flights as well
In what appears to be another play at securing dominance at LAX, Delta has confirmed that it also plans to launch a new service between Los Angeles and Chicago from June next year.
Launching just one day after the LAX – Hong Kong route (on 7 June 2026), the Los Angeles – Chicago route will operate 3x per day using Delta’s Boeing 737-800 aircraft and, at the time of writing, the schedule (which was released over the weekend) looks like this:
DL967 LAX 07:45 – 14:00 ORD (Daily)
DL670 LAX 11:15 – 17:30 ORD (Daily)
DL1634 LAX 17:30 – 23:45 ORD (Daily)
DL1556 ORD 07:00 – 09:45 LAX (Daily)
DL967 ORD 14:55 – 17:40 LAX (Daily)
DL670 ORD 18:30 – 21:15 LAX (Daily)
Delta only operates one cabin layout on its 737-800 aircraft so flyers will have the choice of 16 First Class seats (set out in a 2-2 layout), 36 Delta Comfort+ seats, and 82 regular main cabin seats set out in a 3-3 layout.
Bottom line
Delta has announced expansion plans for Los Angeles with a new route to Hong Kong and a route to Chicago linking the city with Southeast Asia and the Midwest from summer 2026.
The schedules for both routes have now been released and bookings are open on Delta.com.
