New Delta Seoul Incheon Flight Coming in 2025 for Salt Lake City

Delta has always been associated with a very strong presence on the transatlantic market. The airline offers a huge number of daily crossings from its hubs in the US to some of the most sought after business and leisure destinations in Europe. However, the airline hasn’t shied from increasing its presence on the tranpacific market either with flights to Australia and even more to Asia. The latest addition to the Delta route network, to come in 2025, too is to Asia, specifically to Seoul, South Korea.

Delta’s Fifth to Seoul but Salt Lake City’s First Flight to Asia

That’s right, despite being a focus city for Delta, and being a major US airport, Salt Lake City currently doesn’t have any direct flights to Asia. Therefore, Delta’s new service DL173 will be the airport’s first link to the continent and one of the most vibrant cities in the world.

A Delta Airbus A350 flying in the blue sky with a background of light white clouds. Soon these plane will offer onboard free wi-fi connectivity on long-haul flights.

Seoul apart from being South Korea’s capital, is a major fiancial, economic and cultural hotspot. Korea has become, more than any other country and culture, the trend setter in Asia and beyond. Having a link to such a market is a big deal for Utah’s main international airport. Also Incheon airport has developed into one of the largest airports in the continent allowing convenient transfers to flights within Korea and to the wider region, particularly leveraging Delta’s partnership with Korean Air.

For Delta, on the other hand, this flight is in no way a first. The Atlanta based airline already serves Korea’s main international airport from 4 of its hubs, namely:

Atlanta
Detroit
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Seattle

Salt Lake City will be the fifth Delta hub to get a direct and non-stop flight to Seoul-Incheon International Airport.

Delta Fleet Flagship Deployed on the SLC-ICN DL173 Route

DL173, the new Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Seoul, South Korea, will see the state-of-the-art Airbus A350-900 fly the route. Delta is in fact planning to use its flagship aircraft on this new service. An aircraft fitted with the most modern and comfortable cabin interiors in all cabins. A configuration comprised of:

40 or 32 Delta One Suites
40 or 48 Premium Economy Seats
226 or 195 Economy Class Seats

Also the hope of the airline is to soon have T-Mobile powered high speed internet available aboard for all passengers to enjoy while flying DL173.

Schedule and Timings of the New DL173 Flight to Seoul, Korea

The new DL173 Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Seoul will be, right off the bat, a daily service for the airline. With the first flights expected to takeoff on June 12th 2025. The arrival airports is one of the finest and most efficient in East Asia, however SLC’s airport will also be able to boast some significant upgrades by then. The airport has undergone massive renovations with also include the creation of a Centurion Lounge by AMEX.

To wrap things up though, let’s look at the schedule and how the airline will operate the flight: