Originally Posted by
bbmatt
well, maybe not eventually, I can see most the flights moving to HND if they open 40k more flights per year internationally.
If DL wants to poison the well and have no US airline get them, can't the Japanese government just give them all to the Japanese airlines? I'm sure ANA/JAL/Jetstar wouldn't mind moving over some of their narita routes to HND or starting new ones.
The Japanese government can't just simply "give them all" to Japanese carriers, as we're talking about a bilateral agreement, and the USA is going to demand equal treatment for its airlines. A Japanese airline can't takeoff from HND during the daytime bound for the USA unless the USA has agreed to it, and without half of the daytime HND frequencies for USA carriers, our government is unlikely to permit it.
