All the Routes Where You Can Fly Delta One Suites

Nothing beats flying in a lie-flat seat, but some business class seats are far better than others. With Delta, there's Delta One Suites … and then the rest. 

The divide with Delta One business class is really that stark. Will you wind up in a narrow and outdated seat with tiny, low-resolution screens on an old Boeing or Airbus plane? Or will you luck out with a flight in a state-of-the-art suite, complete with a closing door and modern technology inside?

The trouble is that those superior suites are hard to find.

They're only available on two planes Delta flies: the Airbus A350-900 and the Airbus A330-900neo. And despite its “premium” brand, more than 60% of Delta's long-haul jets flying today are still equipped with business class seats more than a decade old. That's not what you want when you're forking over thousands of dollars (or hundreds of thousands of SkyMiles).

Read more: Booking Delta One Business Class is (Almost) Never Worth It

So we pored through gobs of Delta's scheduling data from Cirium, an aviation analytics company, to pinpoint the exact routes where you can currently book a flight flying Delta One Suites. Whether you want to ensure you're flying in Delta's latest and greatest business class suites all the way to Europe or Asia or simply want to shut the door and lie flat on a quicker domestic flight, this is where you want to look.

One word of caution, though: These routes are all subject to change. Airlines regularly readjust their schedules and swap aircraft in and out – particularly once you look more than a few months out. So while the fall schedule should be more or less set in stone, anything in the winter and beyond could be ripe for a change by the time you head to the airport.

Read our review of flying Delta One Suites and you'll see why this is the one to pick! 

Just 3 Domestic Routes

If you want to fly a Delta One suite within the good old U.S. of A, you'll have to be extraordinarily picky. 

Delta One suites are hard to come by domestically these days. Even on the marquee transcontinental routes like from New York City (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX) or San Francisco (SFO), you're far more likely to step inside an outdated Boeing 767-300 with cramped seats than get your own suite. 

Unless if you luck out with a random domestic route that occasionally uses one of Delta's flagship aircraft – like a handful of flights from Atlanta (ATL) to New York City (JFK) or the laughably short, one-hour flight between Atlanta and Orlando (MCO) a few times later this fall – here's where you'll routinely find a flight with suites at the front of the cabin: 

• Atlanta (ATL) to Los Angeles (LAX) or back might be your best bet, with up to one frequency a day on the Airbus A350-900 with Delta One Suites onboard. It's a fixture in Delta's schedule through the end of October, a smattering of dates in November and December, and then again from March through part of April 2025.
• Detroit (DTW) to Los Angeles (LAX) and back is also a relatively safe bet this fall and winter, with an Airbus A350-900 flying the route between November and early March 2025. Oddly, you're far more likely to see Delta One suites up front flying from California to Detroit than the westbound flight. 
• Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) to Detroit (DTW) or vice versa is the only route Midwestern Delta fans will find Delta One suites, with one flight a day in Delta One suites through October. That includes an early morning departure from Michigan to Minnesota … and the late-night, 9 p.m. departure from Minneapolis back to Detroit. 

And that's just about it. But keep in mind: Just because you see a route listed here doesn't mean every flight will have Delta One Suites onboard.

For example, the airline operates a whopping 12 flights a day between Los Angeles and Atlanta. But only one of those flights is on an Airbus A350-900 with suites in the front cabin.

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South America

While there's slim pickings domestically, you don't need to skip across oceans and time zones to relax in a Delta One Suite: The airline flies its best business class seats down to South America and back … 

… but not always. For starters, you'll need to focus on the longest routes – think cities in Chile, Argentina, and Brazil, not Colombia or Peru. And even then, you'll only find planes with suites flying these longer routes occasionally throughout the year – typically just in the winter and spring, before Delta needs those planes flying to Europe instead.

• Delta is currently scheduled to fly an Airbus A330-900 with suites from Atlanta (ATL) to Buenos Aires (EZE) from late October through August 2025.
• Ditto for the route from Atlanta (ATL) to Sao Paulo (GRU), where an A330-900neo is flying from mid-October through late March – then again in August 2025. 
• Heading to Patagonia soon? You're in luck: Delta is currently scheduled to fly one of its prized Airbus A350s with suites from Atlanta (ATL) all the way down to Santiago (SCL) in Chile every day … in August 2025. 
• New Yorkers heading to Argentina later this year and early next will get treated to suites: Delta is planning to fly an A330-900neo from New York City (JFK) to Buenos Aires (EZE) from late October through late March 2025.
• After that, travelers flying between New York City (JFK) to Sao Paulo (GRU) will luck out with suites on the A330-900neo from late March through August 2025.

Plenty of Suites Flying to Europe

It's a coin flip when you're flying Delta One to Europe: Will you get a state-of-the-art Delta One Suite? Or will you get a comparatively ancient-looking Airbus A330?

Fortunately, as Delta has gotten more deliveries of the modern Airbus 350s and Airbus A330-900neos, they've become more prevalent when flying to Europe and back – especially to major European cities like Amsterdam (AMS), Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG), London-Heathrow (LHR), and Rome (FCO).

Still, just 29% of all Delta's business class seats currently scheduled to fly to Europe next year are Delta One Suites, according to data from Cirium. From some Delta hubs, it's a shoe-in you'll be flying a suite across the pond … yet from others, your odds aren't great. 

You'll need to pay close attention, too, as Delta doesn't fly its newest planes on every single frequency to those mega-hubs like Paris and Amsterdam. Plus, you'll also need to watch out for a small subset of Airbus A350s the airline purchased from partner carrier LATAM: Those have an entirely different business class cabin in a 2-2-2 layout. 

But let's go hub by hub, starting with the granddaddy of all hubs…

Atlanta (ATL)

Atlanta (ATL) might be Delta's biggest and most important hub – and the busiest airport in the world, to boot – but it's still no sure thing you'll find a suite when crossing the Atlantic Ocean in business class.

• Heading to Athens (ATH)? You're in luck: Starting in late March through the summer of 2025, Delta is flying an Airbus A330-900neo with suites onboard
• Amsterdam (AMS) gets the suites sporadically through the fall winter, and early spring – but not on all of Delta's two daily flights
• Barcelona (BCN)-bound? Starting in late June, Delta will fly an A330-900neo to the Catalonian capital a few times a week
• Madrid (MAD) is also a suite spot, with the A330-900neo flying the route daily from late March through summer 2025
• Travelers heading to Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) this fall and winter will routinely see suites upfront on either an A350-900 or A330-900neo
• Rome (FCO) is a good bet, with one of Delta's two daily flights this fall regularly on the A330-900neo … and both frequencies featuring suites starting next July
• Suites will become a fixture on Atlanta flights to London-Heathrow (LHR) starting next spring

Boston (BOS)

Travelers flying in and out of Boston (BOS) have plenty of options to score a suite:

• Flights from Boston bound for Amsterdam (AMS) this fall and winter will have suites on the Airbus A330-900neo … and twice a day starting in late March 2025!
• Same goes next spring for Athens (ATH) when Delta's daily seasonal service returns, starting in mid-April
• Flying Delta One to Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG), you can count on a suite year-round
• Heading to Rome (FCO), you'll find suites onboard occasionally this winter until March, when the A330-900neo becomes a fixture on the daily flights to Italy
• If London is calling, you'll find Delta One suites flying from Boston next summer. Starting in late March and rounding through summer 2025, the the A330-900neo is scheduled to fly Delta's daily nonstop to London-Heathrow (LHR)

Cincinnati (CVG)

Yes, Delta flies nonstop to Europe from Cincinnati (CVG) – one of its old hub from decades ago. And come this fall, you'll have a great shot at catching a ride in Delta One Suites overseas:

• Delta is currently scheduled to fly a suite-equipped A330-900neo on its three-times-a-week service to Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) in November and December – and then again for a good chunk of March 2025

Detroit (DTW)

Motor City is one of Delta's most-important transatlantic hubs, yet it's far from a shoe-in for finding a flight from Detroit (DTW) in Delta One Suites across the pond.

• Just one of Delta's three daily flights to Amsterdam (AMS) will feature Delta One suites onboard this October, then again in January and February. Starting next April, two of those three flights will have suites on either an A330-900neo or A350. 
• Flights from Detroit to Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) in October are on an A330-900neo, which returns to Delta's daily route starting in early March 2025 and runs through the summer
• Detroiters heading to Rome (FCO) are in for a treat next year when Delta brings back daily nonstop service on an Airbus A330-900neo starting in May 2025

Los Angeles (LAX)

After dropping daily flights to London earlier this year, Delta offers just one nonstop flight from the City of Angels to Europe: to Paris. But LA-based travelers could hardly do better when it comes time to get on the plane. 

• Every flight from Los Angeles to Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) from now through late October is scheduled to be on either an Airbus A350-900 or Airbus A330-900neo, both equipped with Delta One Suites. 
  • From Oct. 29 through late March 2025, that flight will swap to one of those other Airbus A350s without suites onboard. 
  • But come spring 2025, it's back in the suite life on the flight from California to France – all year long, according to current schedules.

Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP)

Minnesotans have more nonstop flights to Europe than ever before. But if they want to splurge for a suite, they'll have to be choosy.

• Delta flies to Amsterdam (AMS) as much as three times a day from MSP, but you'll only find one of those flights operated on a plane with Delta One Suites in business class. 
• Your odds are even worse flying to Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG): Delta's daily nonstop to France is scheduled to have suites onboard sporadically through the fall and winter
• The airline's London-Heathrow (LHR)-bound flights get a major upgrade this fall when the A330-900neo becomes a fixture from late October and onward

New York City (JFK)

It might not get the same attention (good or bad) as Atlanta, but New York City (JFK) is actually Delta's biggest hub for flying across the pond. There's good and bad news there…

On the plus side, Delta flies planes equipped with Delta One Suites to more European destinations than any of its other hubs.

But with so many flights to Europe on other, inferior planes, it's far from a sure thing: Just 13% of its business class seats scheduled to fly to Europe through August 2025 are the suites on the A330-900neo, according to Cirium's data.

• New York to Amsterdam (AMS) is a fairly safe bet, as one of Delta's two Dutch-bound flights (and sometimes both!) has suites at the front of the plane, all year long
• Hitching a ride in suites is hit or miss when heading for Athens (ATH), as Delta has sporadically scheduled an A330-900neo on that route through the fall and even in March 2025 – but not when it gets into full swing through the rest of next summer
• Heading for tapas in Barcelona (BCN) this fall? You're in for a treat: Those same planes equipped with suites are scheduled to fly that route starting in late October into the New Year
• Flights to Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) will occasionally see suites onboard, but only this November, December, and January.
• New York to Rome (FCO) is one of the best bets on this entire list: One of Delta's two daily flights has suites onboard through much of March 2025 … before it disappears for the summer travel season
• In October and again starting next March, Delta flights to London-Heathrow (LHR) regularly (but not always) have suites

Orlando (MCO)

Yes, Delta also offers nonstops across the pond from the land of Disney World. And some of them have Delta One Suites onboard.

• Flights from Orlando to Amsterdam (AMS) begin in late October … but you'll only find an A330-900neo with suites onboard flying that route from early January through early March
• Delta is also adding nonstop flights connecting Orlando and London-Heathrow (LHR) this fall, all with suites in business class on the A330-900neo until it ends in late March

Seattle (SEA) 

No Delta hub has it better for scoring a ride in suites than Seattle (SEA): Heading over to Europe – and beyond, for that matter – this airport bats 100%. 

• There are as many as two flights a day to Amsterdam (AMS), and they've all got suites onboard an Airbus A330-900neo
• Same goes for the daily flights to London-Heathrow (LHR)
• Ditto with Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG), where Delta flies once a day year-round

Salt Lake City (SLC)

Even Salt Lake City (SLC) fares well for travelers hoping to fly across the pond in their own private suite in an Airbus A330-900neo.

• Until late October and again next spring and summer starting in late March, Delta's once-a-day flights to Amsterdam (AMS) have suites up in business class.
• The exact same pattern holds up with flights to and from Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG), too

Asia, Australia & Oceania

If you're crossing the Pacific Ocean instead with Delta, you're practically guaranteed a private suite in business class. 

From the 10-plus hour jaunts to Tokyo-Haneda (HND) to the 15-ish-hour flights to the land down under, these are some of Delta's longest flights. That means they all but require either their biggest (and most fuel efficient) Airbus A350s or A330-900neo in order to make it safely.

And lucky you, almost all of them have Delta One suites onboard.

• Atlanta (ATL) to Seoul (ICN) and Tokyo-Haneda (HND)
• Detroit (DTW) to Seoul (ICN), Tokyo-Haneda (HND), and Shanghai (PVG)
• Los Angeles (LAX) to Tokyo-Haneda (HND), Sydney (SYD), Brisbane (BNE), and Auckland (AKL)
• Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) to Seoul (ICN) and Tokyo-Haneda (HND)
• Salt Lake City (SLC)‘s brand-new nonstop route to Seoul-Incheon (ICN) starting next June
• Seattle (SEA) to Seoul (ICN), Tokyo-Haneda (HND), Shanghai (PVG), and the new route to Taipei (TPE)

In fact, there are just three flights across the Pacific that won't feature Delta One Suites at the pointy end of the plane, according to Cirium's data on the airline's current schedules:

• Delta's winter seasonal flights from Los Angeles (LAX) to Tahiti (PPT) operate on a Boeing 767-300
• In addition to its mainland hubs, Delta also flies to Tokyo-Haneda (HND) from Honolulu (HNL) … but also on a 767-300

Africa & The Middle East

Most – but not quite all – of Delta's flights to the Middle East and throughout Africa operate on planes equipped with Delta One Suites. 

• All of Delta's flights from Atlanta (ATL) all the way down to Cape Town (CPT) operate on an Airbus A350-900 with suites onboard
• Ditto for Atlanta to Johannesburg (JNB)
• Same goes for flights from New York City (JFK) to Accra (ACC) in Ghana, where an A330-900neo is scheduled to start flying that route in early October
• Delta is currently planning to restore service to Tel Aviv (TLV) from New York City (JFK) come Jan. 1, using an Airbus A330-900neo equipped with Delta One Suites

Tips to Book Delta One Suites

Now you know where to look, it's time to learn how to book – preferably for a bargain.

That's easier said than done. Delta is practically infamous for charging sky-high fares in Delta One – and even moreso when redeeming SkyMiles, where a one-way in business class can easily cost you 400,000 SkyMiles. But the deals are out there … you might just need to be patient. 

It just got a bit harder after Virgin Atlantic nuked what was far and away the best method of booking Delta One: 50,000-point Delta business class redemptions to Europe are officially gone. Higher rates and nasty fees of $1,000 each way are here. 

But don't lose hope. Here are a few tips to snag that sweet deal flying Delta One Suites:

• Wait for a Delta SkyMiles flash sale. While insultingly high SkyMiles rates are still the norm, we catch Delta discounting Delta One rates at least a few times each year. A few recent alerts we've sent to Thrifty Traveler Premium members include 85,000-mile one-ways to Tokyo-Haneda (HND), roundtrips to Taipei (TPE) for under 150,000 SkyMiles, and flights to Santiago (SCL) for 120,000 SkyMiles roundtrip – all flying Suites! 
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• We occasionally find and send Thrifty Traveler Premium members discounted cash fares flying Delta One, too, like sub-$2,500 roundtrip tickets to Europe or South America for under $1,500
• Why not take that cheap(er) fare and make it free using credit card points? With credit cards like the *venture x*, *chase sapphire preferred*, or *biz platinum*, you could book those same $1,500 flights for as few as 97,500 points
• These days, the cheapest way to fly a Delta One Suite might be to book a standard economy seat … then upgrade to business class! While it's no sure thing, we've seen countless recent examples of Delta charging $599 (or 59,000 SkyMiles) for a one-way upgrade overseas – and sometimes even less!

Read our full guide on the best ways to book Delta One for less!
 

Bottom Line

Delta One Suites are the cream of the crop. While finding flights equipped with Delta's latest-and-greatest business class suites isn't quite like finding a needle in a haystack, it's not easy. 

This guide should help.