Peru bound: Delta preparing for its maiden flight from SLC to South America

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Delta Airlines is slated to make its first direct flight from Salt Lake City to South America on Thursday, Dec. 4.

The daily nonstop flight to Lima will be available through Jan. 25. 2026.

Connections linking Utah and Peru have grown rapidly in recent years.

Countless Utahns enjoy connections to South America.

Many from the nations of Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and neighboring countries now call the Beehive State home. And legions of Utahns have served Latter-day Saint missions to South American lands.

But commercial air travel from Utah to South America has always involved an airport layover — maybe in Los Angeles, Houston or Miami.

That’s changing, at least for several weeks.

On Thursday, Delta Airlines will launch its maiden nonstop service from Salt Lake City