Delta adds more Love Field flights, including to New York

DALLAS – Delta Airlines is adding more daily flights from Love Field, including daily flights to Los Angeles and New York.

Starting June 5, Delta will operate two flights a day to New York’s LaGuardia Airport and Los Angeles International Airport.

Delta will also increase the number of daily flights to Atlanta from four to five.

Delta operates through Gate 11 at Love Field, the Dallas City Airport that almost exclusively handles Southwest Airlines flights.

Love Field also has a few Alaska Airlines flights, but the rest of the standard commercial offerings are Southwest.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on Friday called the Delta expansion another item on our city’s “ever-expanding list of major economic achievements in recent years.”

“These new routes will provide our residents and employees with more travel options while bringing more visitors to Dallas to experience all the great opportunities and amazing amenities our city has to offer,” Johnson said in a press release.

Delta’s involvement with Love Field has been controversial over the years.

According to the Dallas Business Journal, Southwest leases 18 of the airport’s 20 gates, including two subleased from United Airlines. When Southwest accused Delta of “squatting” and tried to kick out its competitor, the city of Dallas filed a lawsuit to avoid retaliation from both sides.

After numerous delays and negotiations last summer, the two parties reached an agreement that included a lease with Delta.

On Friday, Delta officials said they have “secured long-term access” to Love Field with a “now permanent home at gate 11.”

The Dallas Business Journal contributed to this report