The seasonal weekend flight will be offered through April 4.

Delta’s announcement comes after United Airlines announced last month that the airline will offer seasonal service to and from New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport and Sarasota-Bradenton beginning Feb. 12.

Delta has been offering year-round, daily non-stop flights to the carrier’s main hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport from Sarasota-Bradenton for nearly 35 years. Delta also offers a daily non-stop flight to LaGuardia Airport in New York and seasonal service to Detroit from Sarasota-Bradenton.

The aircraft flying to and from the JFK airport in New York will be a CRJ-900 with 76 seats.

“We are thrilled that Delta has decided to add New York, JFK service,” said Frederick “Rick” Piccolo, president and chief executive with the airport. “The flights to JFK will provide opportunities to connect passengers to additional destinations, both domestically and internationally.”

The non-stop Saturday flight will leave New York at 8:30 a.m. and arrive in Sarasota-Bradenton at 11:50 a.m. The flight will leave Sarasota-Bradenton at 12:30 p.m. and arrive in New York at 3:20 p.m.

Jet Blue also offers non-stop daily flights between Sarasota-Bradenton and JFK and LaGuardia.

Last month, airport officials announced that Sarasota-Bradenton airport had secured $9 million in grants from the Federal Aviation Administration that will go toward a variety of improvements, including construction of a new air traffic control tower and expansion of the U.S. Customs Border Protection Federal Inspection area at the local airport.

These steps could open the door to development of future runways and opportunities to attract additional air carriers, Piccolo said.