Originally Posted by
Fanjet
Why should no U.S. carrier be allowed to get them? Even DL is not being denied the right to attain a daytime slot. It's just that DL has 5th Freedom rights beyond Japan, but no JV agreement with a Japanese carrier. So DL would not just need slots at HND for their TPAC service, they would also need slots for their intra-Asia service as well. For AA and UA, it doesn't really matter, as NH and JL offer intra-Asia flights from both HND and NRT.
But DL has Skyteam partners flying to GMP, ICN, TSA, SHA, PVG, CAN, CGK, and HAN.
But of course they would rather just whine and complain about how giving out HND daytime slots will just ruin Delta Air Lines
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