Originally Posted by
yohanson
Is it possible that many of the pax were continuing on to SIN on this flight so DL decided to hold the NRT-SIN flight so they wouldn't have to spend a ton of money to rebook pax on other carriers?
they held the BKK, SIN, TPE and MNL flights so yes, there were plenty of connecting passengers. I am sure since it was only a slight delay on my flight, Delta held the other inter-Asia flights. Plus, it only turned out to me a minimal delay. I will hand it to the Japanese, unlike us Americans, they are very efficient at getting several hundred folks through security with speed and much ease. Seriously, it took about 10 minutes from the time I got off the plane to the time I got to my connecting gate. Try that in Atlanta or JFK!