From what I've been told, the JFK-SDQ and JFK-STI route suspensions/cancellations, also have to do with the "drug" issues on both ends of each route. Delta hasn't been able to get a handle on that part of their operations yet. ATL is much more difficult to pull that off from, than JFK. Performance had been good, but way too difficult to be profitable on DR routes, due to landing costs and now fuel costs.
Yes, there are many more Dominicans in NYC than ATL, but much better connections and management out of Atlanta.
ATL-POP was increased back to 5x weekly for now, but appears to be next in line for the chopping block (Sept.). I was off by a few months.
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