The Details

• Flight: DL1602
• Aircraft: A330-900neo
• Class: Delta One
• Seat: 2A
• Route: Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA)-Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW)
• Distance: 1,984 miles
• Flight Time: 3hrs 14min
• Takeoff: 11:34PM (PST)
• Landing: 5:48AM +1 (EST)

The Preflight

I was heading back home to Indianapolis with Delta this evening with a red-eye to Detroit followed by a short regional flight down to Indy. Two hours before the flight’s scheduled departure time of 11:00PM, I visited the Delta Sky Club in the main terminal which was very festive given the upcoming holidays.

The Seattle Sky Club is one of my favorite Delta lounges given the ample amount of seating and excellent food selection. I find the Sky Club food to be much better than the Alaska Airlines lounges and on par with the smaller Centurion Lounge offerings. There very a variety of delicious packaged baked goods (cookies, brownies, rice crispies), chips, Oreos, and bars.

Hot food options included cauliflower mac n cheese, jasmine rice, and Thai salmon curry which was excellent.

Additionally, there were cold-cut sandwiches, cheese, salads, and various dips. There was an extensive bar selection as well as self-serve coffee available.

Boarding for our flight began 30 minutes prior to departure time.

Our aircraft today was an A330-900neo, registration N406DX. She was just under a year old and one of Delta’s newest aircraft. I had specifically booked the redeye flight from Seattle to Detroit to fly the A330-900neo as I had never flown this aircraft type before.

The Flight

Delta Air Lines has a total of 29 Thompson Vantage XL suites arranged in a staggered 1-2-1 configuration onboard their A330-900neos. The entire business class cabin, branded as Delta One, was arranged between the first and second set of doors. The solo seats alternated between being closer to the aisle or the window on the sides. The middle seats alternated between being close to the aisle or the middle.

I was seated in 2A, which was flush against the window. Each suite had a 22.5-inch wide seat that could go fully flat at 80 inches in length. These seats felt more roomy and were wider than the Delta One seats on board the B767-400ERs. The Delta One suites also featured a fully closing door for maximum privacy.

Each suite had an 18.5-inch high-definition inflight entertainment touchscreen display.

Below the screen was a footwell. I find that almost all staggered configuration seats have footwells that cannot comfortably fit my size 11 feet.

Near the door of the suite was a small coat hook.

Next to the seat was a small countertop.

Underneath the armrest was a small personal mirror as well as the IFE remote. Below that was the medium-sized 21-inch tray table that slid out from under the countertop. There were also secondary seat controls built into the side of the console.

The main touchscreen suite controls had an extensive array of options for customizing the recline, light brightness, toggling the reading light, as well as activating the “Do Not Disturb” light. Each seat also had two USB ports, a 110V outlet, and a headphone jack.

Amenities provided to business class passengers included a sanitizing wipe, a small water bottle, and pair of headphones.

There was a slight delay in our departure as the First Officer had accidentally left his phone on the shuttle bus. He had to sprint back to the terminal but luckily was able to retrieve his phone. We pushed back 18 minutes late but still had a projected on-time arrival in Detroit.

We took off at 11:34PM with a smooth climb out of Seattle.

Service began 15 minutes after take-off with a beverage service followed by a snack box. I went with a Bloody Mary which was generously re-filled multiple times throughout the flight.

Unfortunately, Delta did not load any bedding for this domestic flight and I had trouble falling asleep. I spent the three-hour flight perusing the movie options.

There were a total of two lavatories designated for business class passengers. One lavatory was at the front of the cabin and another was at the rear of the rear of the Delta One cabin.

The cabin was prepped for landing 10 minutes out from Detroit and we touched down at 5:48AM.

Thanks for the ride!

I had a comfortable ride onboard the Delta A330-900neo on this short three-hour domestic flight from Seattle to Detroit. It was a luxury to be able to ride in the Delta One suite where normally the aircraft would have had a standard recliner seat.