No700UW said:Numerous DL FA's are saying the company announced ending of the LAX-NRT flight, is this correct?
You might want to check out the front page of DeltaNet...metopower said:
I guess my comment should have been Oh No!!! I was blindsided on this one. I fly that trip and there were no rumors at all. Hopefully they will reconsider.metopower said:
eolesen said:Can't say that I blame them, especially if they have a month's worth of booking data to support the shift in customer preference.
What I find interesting is that DL was recently claiming that nearly 21% of all Asia originating traffic came out of LAX, which seemed to be a show of support for being able to support both NRT and HND.
I can't help but wonder how this can't be seen as blinking at a time when others are building their LAX flying, and also have to question how this undercuts DL's arguments for the added HND slots that have yet to be assigned.
Prior to this, I'd assumed that DL and HA would be the winners given the imbalances with AA and UA having JV partners also operating at HND.
Now, I'm not as convinced that argument can fly, since critics can yet again point to how DL has cut back on service into Japan.
I agree. I'm still hoping that that is the case. Until they announce sea to those destinations or lax for that matter. Not starting any rumors.topDawg said:Delta is growing (or trying to grow) it s LAX-Asia flying. Added PVG not to long ago is also wanting to start PEK. They are just growing away from Tokyo.
I thought they might keep a 767 going just to feed flights like SIN/BKK and MNL.
metopower said:I agree. I'm still hoping that that is the case. Until they announce sea to those destinations or lax for that matter. Not starting any rumors.
topDawg said:IMO all would be money losers. I honestly think UA is going to be setting money on fire by starting SFO-SIN.
FrugalFlyerv2.0 said:
* alliance (UA@SFO SQ@SIN)