Delta to Offer Shuttle Between Los Angeles and San Francisco Delta Air Lines will begin hourly nonstop shuttle service between Los Angeles International and San Francisco International airports on Sept. 3, "tailored to business travelers while adding a California perspective," the carrier said earlier this month. The Delta Shuttle's 14 daily flights in each direction, operated by Delta Connection partner Compass Airlines, are scheduled to depart at the top of the hour beginning at 7 a.m. Monday through Friday, and will offer: assigned seating in two classes of service; check-in windows as close as 30 minutes before departure; check-in counters exclusively for shuttle customers; gates located near security; and free newspapers. Customers on board can receive complimentary healthy snacks, Sierra Nevada beer, Starbucks coffee and wine from California-based Wente Vineyards, which bills itself as the country's oldest continuously operated family-owned winery. All flights will offer Wi-Fi access. Henry H. Harteveldt, a travel industry analyst for Hudson Crossing, said it was rare to have more than two airlines fly nonstop between the same airports. He said that Delta's plan was an attempt to win customers primarily from United Airlines, which has hubs at both airports and has had poor on-time performance, but also from American, Southwest and Virgin America. "To have five airlines battle it out is almost unheard of in today's highly disciplined airline industry," he said. Delta is showing "impressive discipline," Mr. Harteveldt said, by adding only three more weekday flights in each direction, limiting capacity by operating with 76-seat Embraer jets and by not offering flights every 30 minutes or "back up" planes as the original Eastern Airlines shuttle once did. "And though Delta competes aggressively with other airlines, rarely does it initiate fare wars," he said.