Delta Air Lines will bring back nonstop flights between Boston and Reykjavík next spring, adding Iceland to a summer 2027 transatlantic schedule that already includes new service to Venice from Boston. The airline announced on Friday, 16 October, that daily flights between Boston Logan International Airport and Keflavík International Airport, Iceland's main international gateway, will begin on 12 April 2027 and run through 30 October.
The route will be flown by a Boeing 757-200 with three cabins: Delta Premium Select, Delta Comfort and Delta Main. According to the airline, tickets go on sale this weekend.
A route Delta has tried before
Boston–Reykjavík is not entirely new for Delta. The airline briefly served the market in 2021, according to Cirium Diio schedule data cited by Airline Geeks. The 2027 version is a full seasonal operation, with a daily frequency running for almost seven months from mid-April to the end of October.
Delta's history in Iceland goes back further. In June 2011 the airline launched nonstop service between New York JFK and Keflavík, which Delta describes as the first time a U.S. carrier offered scheduled nonstop flights to Iceland. The new Boston flights extend that presence to New England, giving travellers in the region a nonstop Delta option to one of the North Atlantic's most popular leisure destinations.
Delta says Reykjavík will become its 14th unique long-haul destination from Boston during the peak summer season, and its 16th international destination from the airport overall.
Part of a wider Boston push
The Iceland route joins three other new transatlantic services that Delta has already announced for its 2027 season: Boston–Venice, Detroit–Athens and Austin–Paris. Boston–Venice will start on 7 May 2027 and operate four times a week through 29 October on Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Delta has said Venice will be its 13th unique long-haul destination from Boston in the peak summer season, and that Boston will become its third U.S. gateway to the Italian city. The airline is also increasing Boston–Milan to daily service in 2027.
Delta describes itself as Boston's number one carrier and calls the city its closest U.S. hub to Europe. That geography matters for a route like Reykjavík. The relatively short hop across the North Atlantic suits a single-aisle jet such as the 757-200, which can serve thinner long-haul markets without the capacity of a twin-aisle aircraft. Delta also uses the same argument when it describes Boston as a connecting point, saying the hub is positioned to link customers from across the United States with destinations on the other side of the Atlantic.
Longer seasons across the network
The Boston–Reykjavík announcement builds on Delta's September update on its 2027 transatlantic plans, in which the airline said it would extend its season on a number of routes. Under that plan, seasonal flights from Minneapolis-St. Paul and Detroit to Rome begin in early March, followed by Seattle–Rome in April. Flights from New York JFK to Catania, Porto, Prague and Copenhagen will also return earlier, as will service linking Boston and Seattle with Barcelona and Atlanta with Edinburgh.
Starting Reykjavík on 12 April and running it until 30 October fits the same pattern. The schedule covers the spring shoulder season, the summer peak and most of the autumn, when demand for trips to Iceland is driven by both summer touring and the start of the northern lights season.
What it means for travellers
For Boston travellers, the main change is a daily nonstop Delta option to Iceland next summer, alongside the airline's existing New York JFK service. For Delta, the route adds another leisure-focused destination to a Boston long-haul network that keeps growing for the 2027 season.
Delta's announcement did not include departure and arrival times for the Boston–Reykjavík flights. The airline said the service will be bookable from this weekend, when the full timetable should become visible in its booking channels.
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