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Old May 16, 2013 | 4:39 pm
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Originally Posted by DL2SXM
Here's one change for you. DTW to NGO will no longer be daily. Beginning October 1, it looks like DTW to NGO will be 4x weekly. Also, that means that NGO to MNL will also go down to 4x weekly.
That's a seasonal thing. Happens every year.

Originally Posted by AdamDunn32
They are swapping with 744 on DTWNRT for a 777, the same 777 that was on DTWICN. Not sure if it's formally been announced but this is what I am hearing.

16 active during summer. After summer 1-2 in maintenance.
News to me, but it makes sense. With so many Asian non-stops from DTW now, the quantity of hub traffic connecting over NRT from DTW (O&D) is significantly less than it once was. It would make sense for DL to moderately reduce capacity on this route (whereas the ICN flight connects to a much larger hub on the Asian side, and DTW is the only U.S. hub for Delta to flow ICN-bound traffic through).
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