Delta's largest LAX schedule brings new routes and a growing lounge footprint
Monterey and Philadelphia join the map, seven routes get more flights, and Delta's lounge space at LAX is on track to pass 60,000 square feet by 2028. Here's what's open now and what's still coming.
Delta is planning its biggest summer ever at Los Angeles International. At the 2027 peak, the airline says it and its partners will run more than 200 daily departures to nearly 70 destinations, according to Delta's announcement on Sept. 18.
New routes and extra flights#
Two routes are new. Monterey starts Dec. 19, 2026, twice daily on a Delta Connection Embraer 175, and Philadelphia follows on June 7, 2027, once a day on an Airbus A321neo. Delta times the Monterey launch ahead of a major golf championship on the Monterey Peninsula next summer, and starts Salt Lake City–Monterey the same day.
Seven existing routes add frequencies in spring and summer 2027:
- Raleigh-Durham: two daily from April 12
- Boston: five daily from May 6
- San Diego: five daily from June 7
- Cincinnati, Houston (IAH) and San Antonio: two, three and three daily from July 11
- Seattle: eight daily from July 11
Delta says it's the only airline at LAX serving all of the airport's top 10 markets with multiple daily flights. Internationally, Melbourne goes daily for the peak season from Dec. 22 and Auckland returns daily from Oct. 25, and the airline counts 25 international destinations from LAX after adding Hong Kong, Shanghai, Vancouver and Manila.
The lounges you can use today#
Flying Delta out of LAX right now gets you three options. There's the Delta Sky Club in Terminal 3, the original Delta One Lounge, and the second Delta One Lounge in Terminal 2, whose first phase is already open. Delta says LAX is the first airport in its network with two Delta One Lounges.
The T3 Sky Club sits in the Sky Way above the connector between Terminals 2 and 3. It has about 400 seats, six showers and a rooftop Sky Deck, opens at 4:15 a.m. and rates 4.7 with our users. Members and eligible cardholders can bring two guests at $50 each, and entry is limited to three hours before a same-day Delta or partner departure. U.S. Amex Platinum cardholders get 10 visits a year and Delta Reserve cardholders 15, with unlimited visits after $75,000 in annual spend.
The Terminal 3 Delta One Lounge opened Oct. 8, 2024, across from the food court and next to the Sky Club. It seats nearly 200, has six showers, a year-round sushi bar, a wellness room with eight private pods, and a landscaped terrace for 26. The Terminal 2 lounge is a 4,000-square-foot first phase that opened June 30, 2026, on the mezzanine near gate 23A, with 75 seats and three showers.
The Delta One Lounges are for Delta One passengers, who at LAX also get a dedicated check-in area and private TSA screening. Delta's lounge page also admits Delta 360° members flying Delta First and premium-cabin passengers of Air France, KLM, Korean Air, LATAM and Virgin Atlantic. Sky Club entry depends on your ticket, status or card. Our Delta Sky Club page lists the current rules.
What's still coming#
An 11,000-square-foot Sky Club in Terminal 2 is due in the second half of 2027, replacing the T2 club that closed for renovation in 2024. When the second phase of the T2 Delta One Lounge wraps up in 2028, Delta expects to have four lounges across Terminals 2 and 3, totaling more than 60,000 square feet and over 1,000 seats. That would nearly double its Delta One Lounge space at the airport.
All of this sits inside the $2.3 billion Sky Way project that joined Terminals 2 and 3 into one campus. Delta says it is still improving wayfinding and security processing there. The airline has more than 4,500 employees in the Los Angeles area and is a founding partner of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the same year the lounge plan is due to finish.
On the plane#
Delta's international flights from LAX use A350-900s with 40 Delta One seats. Delta One also flies domestically from LAX to Honolulu, Maui, Kona, JFK, Boston and Atlanta, and those flights now carry the new Delta One wine list and Taittinger Champagne that started Oct. 1. Domestic First Class gets dishes from chef José Andrés, and SkyMiles members get free Wi-Fi, including on transpacific flights from this fall.
Our take#
The schedule grows next summer, but the new T2 Sky Club isn't due until the second half of 2027, after the Boston, San Diego and Philadelphia additions have started. Until it opens, expect the T3 Club to be the pressure point at busy times, so plan accordingly if you're connecting through LAX on a peak afternoon. Delta One passengers have the better deal: two lounges and a private security lane. At the Philadelphia end, Delta's PHL Sky Club rates 3.5 with our users and has no showers. See our Delta Air Lines page for the rest of the network.
Related reading#
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Patrick Karsh. “Delta's largest LAX schedule brings new routes and a growing lounge footprint.” Lounge Frog. Published 2026-10-06. Updated 2026-10-14. https://www.loungefrog.com/news/delta-lax-largest-schedule-lounges-2027
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