Final DOT Ruling on HND

[jcw]

http://seekingalpha.com/news/2953726-american-airlines-maintains-right-to-tokyo-route-in-spat-with-delta?app=1&uprof=82&dr=1#/email_link

Final ruling out - in addition if AA falls down it goes to HA

 

[eolesen]

American Airlines maintains right to Tokyo route in spat with Delta

Nov. 27, 2015 1:52 PM Jason Aycock

Federal regulators rejected a claim by Delta Air Lines (DAL +0.6%) that American Airlines (AAL +0.9%) failed to start service quickly enough to Tokyo's Haneda airport -- meaning that American will keep the right to fly from Los Angeles to Haneda, a favored transit point for business travelers.

American will have until March 27 to begin flights to Haneda; the carrier had said it would start daily service Feb. 11.

Only four routes travel to Haneda (closer to Tokyo than Narita International Airport) from the U.S., and Delta surrendered one of them to American in June. But in an Oct. 1 filing it argued American should give up the route if it couldn't start service in 60 days.

That followed an earlier dispute between the two over service to Haneda from Seattle -- where Delta ceded a route after being required to fly it daily.

 

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[eolesen]

That's helpful. Not.

 

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

That's helpful. Not.

 
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[eolesen]

WT appears to be gone for not playing well with others. You might want to tread lightly.

 

[jcw]

American Airlines maintains right to Tokyo route in spat with Delta
Nov. 27, 2015 1:52 PM Jason Aycock
Federal regulators rejected a claim by Delta Air Lines (DAL +0.6%) that American Airlines (AAL +0.9%) failed to start service quickly enough to Tokyo's Haneda airport -- meaning that American will keep the right to fly from Los Angeles to Haneda, a favored transit point for business travelers.
American will have until March 27 to begin flights to Haneda; the carrier had said it would start daily service Feb. 11.
Only four routes travel to Haneda (closer to Tokyo than Narita International Airport) from the U.S., and Delta surrendered one of them to American in June. But in an Oct. 1 filing it argued American should give up the route if it couldn't start service in 60 days.
That followed an earlier dispute between the two over service to Haneda from Seattle -- where Delta ceded a route after being required to fly it daily.

Thanks for the more detailed update

 

[commavia]

Good - finally settles the whole AA/Delta/HND thing once and for all (though it will obviously live on in internet discussion forum infamy in perpetuity  😀).
 
On a related subject (both from CAPA, the second previously linked in another thread last week):
 
American Airlines looks to catch up to Delta and United in Asia. Capacity re-deployment from LatAm?
http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/american-airlines-looks-to-catch-up-to-delta-and-united-in-asia-capacity-re-deployment-from-latam-254193
 
"Over the last 18 months American has added routes to greater China it could not do so under its old cost base, employee contracts, fleet and product offering. American's focus now turns to further thickening its Asian presence, adding service to existing Asian points from other US hubs – such as Los Angeles."
 
American Airlines' growing trans-Pacific hub at Los Angeles will overtake Delta's Seattle hub
http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/american-airlines-growing-trans-pacific-hub-at-los-angeles-will-overtake-deltas-seattle-hub-253337
 
"American has affirmed to CAPA that the Haneda service will not replace Narita. […] With its second Tokyo area flight, American will go from being about the fourth largest in the Los Angeles-Tokyo market (all airports) to the largest … [with] an approximate 20% share of the Los Angeles-Tokyo market. […] While American has not flagged specific routes that could be added from Los Angeles, industry sources expect American to open a Los Angeles-Beijing service. […] The vision at US carriers remains their long term objective, as seen with Delta constructing an entirely new hub at Seattle, and American building up in the very competitive Los Angeles market."
 
It's almost as if ... shutter the thought ... some of us have been saying this stuff all along!  😉