Delta Air Lines is back to cutting flights at CVG – discontinuing all nonstop service to MSY, SAN and JAX.
Delta also is significantly downsizing flights to MCO and RSW, as part of its 2015 summer schedule. The cuts are part of Delta's ongoing efforts to phase out aging and inefficient 50-seat regional jets.
The latest cuts will drop Delta below 100 daily flights at its once-booming CVG hub, and again raises the question: How much longer will the airline remain committed to Cincinnati?
Airline officials continue to say they have no immediate plans to pull the plug on the profitable CVG hub, which Delta CEO Richard Anderson said in summer 2013 was "right-sized." Delta's cuts had leveled off the past few years.
"Cincinnati remains an important market in the Delta system," airline spokesman Anthony Black said.