Today’s flight is the short hop from Las Vegas to Los Angeles with Delta Connection in First Class.
Before heading to the airport, I received a text message telling me of a flight delay and new departure time.
I was then able to use Flight Radar 24 to track the aircraft on its earlier flights of the day, so I knew when to head of the airport.
At the newly named Harry Reid International Airport the flags flew at half mast in honour of the decently deceased senator.
Delta flights check-in at Terminal 1.
There are dedicated Sky Priority lanes for first and business class passengers.
Although the queue here was longer than standard bag drop.
LAS had one of the most spacious baggage halls which you can look down on from departures.
Priority security was available for premium passengers, but I used the TSA-pre lane which was quick.
After security you had to take a transit to the D gates.
Delta doesn’t have a lounge at Vegas, so it was straight to the gate.
Delta has a good digital offering including boarding passes on your apple watch.
The inbound flight arrived about twenty minutes before boarding then started.
The flight was on an Embraer E175LR aircraft registration N285SY.
It was three years old and operated by SkyWest Airlines for Delta Connection.
Whilst waiting to board I was able to confirm in the Delta app that my bag had been loaded on the aircraft.
First class passengers were boarded first.
The cabin had twelve seats in a 1-2 configuration.
I had seat 3D.
We taxied to take off from runway 2 5 R. On take-off I got some good views of the Las Vegas strip.
Shortly after take-off drinks were offered from the bar.
Savoury snacks and biscuits were also offered.
Very quickly we were lining up to land at LAX on runway 2 5 L.
We then taxied to a remote stand near Terminal 3.
The terminal is currently being redeveloped, so a bus took us to nearby terminal 2.