Delta continues to perform surgery on its Memphis hub

Delta Air Lines is continuing to slowly pare down its hub in Memphis, Tennessee as recent schedule changes show the carrier is cutting about 49 daily flights beginning Sep-2012 in markets largely operated with 50-seat regional jets. Delta has found a four-bank schedule at Memphis provided too much capacity, and is trimming it down to three banks.

Once the changes that are scheduled to start at the beginning of Sept-2012 are complete, Delta will serve four destinations from Memphis with just seven weekly flights: Cleveland, Ohio; Columbia and Springfield, Missouri; and Fort Smith, Arkansas. The cuts will also affect Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Omaha, Nebraska; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which will have just 14 weekly flights each from Memphis. Delta deploys 50-seat jets in all those markets except Philadelphia, where the carrier operates 76-seat regional jets.