Delta Airlines expanded its service to upstate New York on March 15, 1989, with flights to Rochester and Syracuse. All flights involving the new points originated in Atlanta and made scheduled stops at both Rochester and Syracuse. 

An official cachet was not requested.

This cover was one of only 27 pieces of mail carried on the inaugural Delta Airlines flight from the Rochester, New York Airport Mail Facility to Syracuse, New York (where it was backstamped) and is listed in the First Flights by United States Airlines (FFUS) Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as DL-D87Wf.