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Old May 17, 2016, 10:28 am
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exwannabe
 
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So HA is guaranteed to keep a slot, but the nighttime one. This does not say they get the second they asked for. As of now it just shifts some traffic around the islands.

I would guess that the UA is a solid bet for their EWR proposal, and AA/DL neck and neck for the last slot (assuming the current LAX/LAX/SFO slots are kept).

It also is obvious why DL has MSP over ATL. the HND traffic will be O/D Tokyo. And as such will likely not be O/D either ATL or MSP. But MSP is a better connection for most of the east half of the US.The only advantage ATL would have is Atlanta<>Tokyo traffic, which probably does not move the needle.
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