what does the number of posts have to do with immigration or Hawaii?
absolutely nothing.
Many ski markets are subsidized or have some sort of support.
so do some Caribbean markets.
The RDU-LHR flight at least at one time had incentives or revenue guarantees.
All of the childish talk about DL accepting incentives is nothing but jealousy from those whose hubs don't provide it.....
for all of the pride about serving major markets like ORD, you might consider that ORD is not going to offer marketing incentives to start a flight to Hawaii. 'cause they have them.
DL and MSP/MN have good working relationships just as NW did. and MSP is one of the lowest cost large hubs.
for whatever reason, MSP and DL managed to find common ground for starting a HNL flight.
good for both of them regardless of what anyone here thinks.