Originally Posted by
craz
I wish DOT would compel DL to keep flying this route for a full year from the date they restarted it. I cant but think that DL all along knew they would throw in the towel right after the Summer Peak Season was over. Or at least hit them with a tremendous fine for playing around intentionally and as a warning to the other acrriers what will befall them if they follow suit by demanding to keep aroute when they know they will dump it right after the main season is over
No I have no proof that this was DLs plan all along but if it was lossing $$ on it now they would have walked away now and not after the summers high season
Likely was their plan. Fly it through the busy summer season then drop it completely in the winter. I think the combination of poor feed and terrible times doomed that flight from the beginning. I'm sure this will irritate many on here, but I fly nonrev on DL and flew the inaugural SEA-HND. I've flown the route a total of three times now and I don't think the loads combined on all three flights would fill ONE 767.
Maybe DL anticiaptes that by time SEA gets enough feed ~2/3 years from now that the skies will open up with HND and they can restart the service. Only time will tell.