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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 9:02 am
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Originally Posted by FreequentFlier
DL's problem is that they don't really have a Western hub. SLC is too small, LAX is not a hub and SEA is a not so much a hub as a codeshare partner's hub. While DTW is an excellent hub to Asia, it's still not a Western hub.

Thus, NRT is effectively DL's Western hub. It'll be important with or without JAL.
This is the most preposterous statement that I've heard in years. SLC is not that small and is -- in effect -- DL's western hub.

That being said, NRT is important Asian hub, generates a ton of revenue, and I would question DL management's sanity if they give up the NRT hub.
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