Originally Posted by
cmn.jcs
Well, there is that small group of places called the East Coast and however many millions of people who live there, who might have preferred to take a short domestic hop and then a longer international one as opposed to a longer domestic and slightly shorter international flight.
Maybe so, but most of the country is still west of DTW including 8 of the 10 largest cities by population. It would make sense for DL to connect an Asian city from a more western location IMO since there is a larger catchment of potential customers.