I returned to New York City (JFK) this morning on Delta flight DL2611, a 6am early bird out of Boston on an Airbus A220-100. I flew in economy in seat 20E, the window.
I’ve previously flown and reviewed Comfort Plus and First Class on Delta’s A220-100. This will be the economy class version here. Note that we typically don’t get a full service from the FAs on the Boston to New York flight because of the short flight time. Either way, it’s interesting to see and compare the hard product to Comfort Plus.
At the Airport
The airport wasn’t too busy, but not quiet either at 4:30am. Delta has several early morning flights including several departing at around 5:30am, so you’ll find a good amount of passengers going through TSA.
TSA PreCheck at Boston’s Terminal A is further down towards the end of the departure lobby, which wasn’t busy at all. I was through in literally 3 minutes.
I made my way to gate A3.
Boston Logan Airport’s Terminal A has the main building with gates A1 to A11, and a satellite building with gates A13 to A22.
My aircraft today was N124DU, a 5 year old Airbus A220-100 delivered back in September 2019.
Onboard
I had seat 20E, which is the window. The seats themselves are the same ones you’d see on many other Delta aircraft.
The A220 is in a 2-3 configuration, which I love. It’s great for all kinds of travelers.
Can you tell how big the windows are on the A220?
IFE screens are also equipped on this aircraft, which is true for most other planes in their fleet (aside from regional jets).
Although this was a short 45 minute flight, having the middle seat open is always nice.
We left the gate on time, followed by a semi-long taxi to the runway. The sun was peeking through the clouds as it rose.
This is a Frontier Airbus A320 headed for Orlando.
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In the Air
We had a fairly turbulent takeoff. The seatbelt sign also remained on for the duration of the flight.
We soon broke through the clouds though.
Here’s a closer look at the legroom. The A220 seats are billed with 32 inches of pitch, which is slightly roomier for Delta. Most seats you’d find on other aircraft have 31 inches of pitch.
This is Comfort Plus for comparison. You can definitely see a difference in legroom here.
Power outlets can be found between each seat.
The weather got clearer as we got closer to New York.
I didn’t do much for the rest of the flight, and we arrived at JFK early.
Concluding Thoughts
This was a rather uneventful flight today, but it did its job in getting me to JFK on time. There’s no denying that economy class seats are tight, but the Airbus A220 is a good choice for all travelers. Passengers can get slightly extra room compared to other aircraft, in addition to newer refurbishments. I think the A220 is an overall better ride as well.
The A220 is currently my favorite narrowbody plane to fly, and there’s no doubt that I’ll be flying this aircraft many times again this year.
All photos taken by the author.
