Originally Posted by
demue
Okay, maybe this has been discussed in another place before, but I'm always wondering why NH (or even JL for that matter) does not operate direct flights between KIX and SIN. Is it related to some traffic rights restrictions or slots in KIX or similar?
It would be nice to have another direct option aside from the twice daily SQ service ideally with a long-haul (fully flat) Biz product. Oh well ...
There's a joke that NH is effectively a Tokyo airline rather than a Japanese one...
It looks like HND-US daytime slot allocations should be done by next month. JL and NH will share 5 slots between them, and I predict NH gets 3 to JL's 2. Any predictions as to what the destinations will be?
My money's on JFK, ORD and SFO. NH cancels the morning NRT-JFK/ORD flights (afternoon ones remain), as well as its sole NRT-SFO flight leaving that route with UA and having SJC as its NRT-Bay Area route.