Luckily for you then that in a month you will have a nonstop to NY again. Furthermore I do find your statement slightly strange as Delta not only is the third largest carrier from NRT, but in fact the NRT hub that DL operates out of NRT is the LARGEST IN THE WORLD operated by an airline outside of its native country. When you add the fact that KE has service to and from multiple cities in Japan, plus the fact that several other ST carriers fly there as well, your argument is somewhat nonsensical.

sbm, you judge the convenience of NRT as a hub based on connectons to GUM? You do know that no one else does, right? In any case, other than Oceania (the least populated area of the world), please let us know exactly where all these regions are where 1W is superior to ST, I'm really curious to hear!! BTW, CO's network apes much of DL's network (unless you like flying from Houston) and while Copa probably leaving does leave a bit of a hole in inter-Central American flying, you will find that DL covers most of Central America quite fine.