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Delta launches Salt Lake City-Flagstaff nonstop in June 2027
<div class="key-facts"><h2>What travelers need to know</h2><ul> <li><strong>What happened:</strong> Delta is adding new nonstop service between Salt Lake City (SLC) and Flagstaff, Arizona (FLG), operating twice daily year-round.</li> <li><strong>Who's affected:</strong> Salt Lake City travelers headed to northern Arizona, and Flagstaff-area residents flying north; flights will be operated by Delta Connection carrier SkyWest Airlines using CRJ-550 regional jets.</li> <li><strong>Where:</strong> Salt Lake City International Airport to Flagstaff Pulliam Airport, a gateway to Sedona (about 50 minutes by car) and the Grand Canyon's South Rim (about 90 minutes by car).</li> <li><strong>When:</strong> Service begins <time datetime="2027-06-07">June 7, 2027</time>.</li> <li><strong>What to do:</strong> Travelers can watch for ticket availability ahead of the launch date as Delta builds out its Salt Lake City schedule.</li> </ul></div> <p>Delta is adding a new nonstop route connecting Salt Lake City to Flagstaff, Arizona, giving Utah travelers a direct line into one of the Southwest's busiest outdoor-recreation corridors. The airline said the twice-daily, year-round service starts <time datetime="2027-06-07">June 7, 2027</time>, and will be flown by regional partner SkyWest Airlines on CRJ-550 aircraft configured with what Delta describes as an elevated regional cabin experience.</p> <p>Flagstaff sits at high elevation in Arizona's pine country and functions as a jumping-off point for some of the state's most-visited attractions. Delta pointed to the mountain town's own draws — a historic downtown core and dark skies prized for stargazing — alongside its proximity to destinations tourists already associate with Arizona. Sedona's red-rock formations are roughly a 50-minute drive from Flagstaff, according to Delta, while the Grand Canyon's South Rim is about 90 minutes away.</p> <h2>Salt Lake City network keeps expanding</h2> <p>The Flagstaff route is the latest in a string of additions to Delta's Salt Lake City map. The airline recently announced nonstop flights from SLC to Santa Rosa/Sonoma County, California, launching <time datetime="2026-10-06">Oct. 6</time>, and to Monterey, California, launching <time datetime="2026-12-19">Dec. 19</time>. Together the three routes point to a hub that Delta is actively growing with leisure-oriented regional service rather than just long-haul connections.</p> <table> <tr><th>Route</th><th>Launch date</th><th>Frequency</th></tr> <tr><td>Salt Lake City – Santa Rosa/Sonoma County</td><td>Oct. 6, 2026</td><td>Not specified</td></tr> <tr><td>Salt Lake City – Monterey</td><td>Dec. 19, 2026</td><td>Not specified</td></tr> <tr><td>Salt Lake City – Flagstaff</td><td>June 7, 2027</td><td>Twice daily, year-round</td></tr> </table> <p>Delta describes itself as Salt Lake City's largest global premium carrier, operating more flights out of the airport than all other airlines combined — up to 270 departures on a peak day to more than 100 destinations worldwide, including Amsterdam, London, Paris and Seoul. The hub also houses two Delta Sky Clubs, among them a roughly 34,000-square-foot lounge in Concourse B that opened in 2025. Delta calls it the second-largest club in its network, with room for 600 guests, airfield views and a bar design meant to evoke Utah's landscape.</p> <h2>A premium regional jet for a short hop</h2> <p>The choice of the CRJ-550 is notable for a route built around outdoor tourism rather than business travel. Delta markets the jet's cabin as a step up for regional flying, and pairing it with twice-daily year-round frequency suggests the airline expects steady demand from both leisure travelers chasing Sedona's red rocks and Grand Canyon visitors looking to skip a connection through Phoenix or Denver. Tickets for the June 2027 launch were not yet detailed in Delta's announcement, but the route joins a lineup of West Coast and Southwest additions the airline has rolled out from Salt Lake City over the past several months.</p>
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Keith McMullin, former CEO of Deseret Management, dies at age 85
SALT LAKE CITY — Keith B. McMullin, a former member of the Presiding Bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and business leader who spent over a decade working as CEO and president of Deseret Management Corporation, died Wednesday. He was 85. McMullin "was always inclined...
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ZCMI, Mervyn's, Macy's, the old movie theater: Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City, UT outlasted them all
Valley Fair Mall on 3500 South in West Valley City, Utah, is 56 years old and still open. It opened in Granger in the summer of 1970, when that part of Salt Lake County was outside any city. That first mall was one enclosed building with two department stores and...
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Autonomous plane lands in Utah on coast-to-coast journey
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Cross E. Ranch seeks residential rezone to keep farm alive
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Cross E. Ranch is a popular Salt Lake City farm, and they are trying to sell part of their land for housing. Right now, it’s zoned for light industrial use, but the family says rezoning it to residential may be the only way to keep the farm alive. Cross E. […]
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Settlement Canyon Irrigation Company turns off water for the season
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Nano Banc’s only branch reopens Monday as Sunwest Bank after the sixth U.S. bank failure of 2026
California regulators closed Nano Banc, a single-branch bank in Irvine chartered in 2007, on Friday, Sept. 25, after years of examiner findings on its commercial real-estate concentration and insider dealings finally caught up with it. Sunwest Bank of Sandy, Utah, agreed to assume the failed bank’s deposits and buy most of its assets, and Nano... The post Nano Banc’s only branch reopens Monday as Sunwest Bank after the sixth U.S. bank failure of 2026 appeared first on The Financial Wire .
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Deer Valley East Village announces 70 shops, restaurants by 2028
Deer Valley’s East Village base area will feature more than 70 shops and restaurants by the 2028-2029 ski season. The base area overlooking the Jordanelle Reservoir is opening up, with the East Village Lodge, the residence portion of the Four Seasons Resort, initial commercial spaces and the pedestrian plaza slated to open in late 2027.
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To save the farm, Cross E Ranch owners want to sell part of it for housing
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ER doc comes to the rescue of his financially troubled peers
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University of Utah economics merger stokes fears of impending layoffs.
The Salt Lake Tribune’s coverage of looming University of Utah layoffs is critical of the decision. And why wouldn’t they be? The announced changes could affect nearly 900 staff members. To sprinkle additional salt in the wound, the decision comes with a $10 million price tag for outside consultants. Still, the Trib listened to the U’s claim that no faculty will be impacted. That claim has already been proven false. The University of Utah Economics Department has long been an indicator species for the school’s ideological freedom. It has endured as a hotbed of heterodox leftist theory since the ‘90s but, as of this year, will be rolled into the business school’s Division of Quantitative Analysis of Markets and Organizations (QAMO)—which favors a traditionally stale “analysis plus capital plus execution” take on the subject—forcing out some truly talented economists. The layoffs will undoubtedly mask other such academic reorganizations to ensure the U stays perfectly bland in all matters.
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Students explore construction careers at Taylorsville job fair
TAYLORSVILLE — Construction companies showcased skills to more than 600 Utah students at the We Build Utah Career Exploration and Job Fair in Taylorsville on Tuesday. Held at Salt Lake Community College's Taylorsville campus, the event brings together students and more than 25 companies to showcase careers in the construction trades.
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Load growth, water challenges and lean staffs put plant chemistry in focus at POWERGEN 2027
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DRYOUT and Blue Force Gear bring moisture tech to nylon
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