Delta Air Lines has elected to drop Delta Connection service to La Crosse, WI (from Minneapolis/St. Paul) and State College, PA (from New York-LaGuardia) on June 5.

This brings the total of dropped cities to 17 since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The deletion of service is a result of a national shortage of pilots.

Delta has stressed the service deletion is temporary.

List of destinations dropped by Delta:

Akron/Canton, OH

Cody, WY

Durango, CO

Erie, PA

Flint, MI

Fort Smith, AR

Grand Junction, CO

La Crosse, WI (June 5)

Lincoln, NE

Manchester, NH

New Bern, NC

Newburgh, NY

Newport News, VA

Peoria, IL

Santa Barbara, CA

State College, PA (June 5)

Wilkes-Barre, PA