Originally Posted by pbarnette

Good God. Is revisionist history part of the core curriculum in Minnesota? NW had a flight to HKG for less than a year. In 1998! FRA and OSL were similarly short-lived (and operated 10+ years ago). IIRC, the OSL flight was an especially laughable route. And the flight to CDG was a seasonal flight launched AND cancelled only months prior to the merger!

But to hear the Minnesotans tell it, DL has somehow eviscerated a premier global gateway. Sorry, but the numbers and facts don't lie - MSP is a marginal international hub. That explains far more of any losses to international capacity than anything else.