Delta Air Lines has confirmed that it will discontinue its daily service between Manchester and New York, which has been operating for more than three years now.

A spokesperson for the airline has said that the decision was made to cut the services to protect the airlines profitability in the long term and to focus on matching capacity with demand, confirming the route would not continue the service from January 8 next year.

The Delta Airline spokesperson did say that the airline will maintain their year round Manchester to Atlanta service, which will allow for passengers travelling to or from New York to transfer in Atlanta.  The spokesperson said that demand would continue to be monitored before considering reinstating the route.

Manchester Airport however has said the decision by Delta Air Lines only covered the winter season, but felt the route would be back up by summer.   A spokeswoman for the airport said that the two parties were still in talks over the matter.

Delta Air Lines is the second airline to cut services from Manchester in the past two weeks.