Originally Posted by
RealHJ
HA does fly to NRT.
HA
will fly to NRT in late July. If TYO-HNL/KOA was so important, it should have been flying to NRT even before HND re-opened to long-haul international traffic.
Originally Posted by
RealHJ
That's a real misuse of the slots. The real benefit of flying to HND is to get connections to all the countless locations which are only served from HND but not from NRT. That is also where reasonable day time arrival time matters in order to make the onward connections.
If the real benefit of HND were connections, then no need to give DL or HA any HND frequencies, as those airlines have zero online connections available to them at HND.
Originally Posted by
RealHJ
If anyone is TYO bound, they can just as easily fly to NRT, which is easier and more convenient (choice of two direct and relatively fast trains) to get to the city from anyway than HND (requires multiple train/metro changes), though yes it's a longer distance away.
While everyone is entitled to their opinion, you're alone on an island with yours, because neither the DoT nor the four airlines vying for HND frequencies agree with you. HND is the preferred TYO airport for O&D traffic, just like LGA and DCA are the preferred airports in their respective metro areas.
Originally Posted by
RealHJ
That is why HA needs the slots from HND. In order to get the maximum economic impact for the US and thus have the most public good, the connections at HND are essential, since the onward destinations served from NRT are many less than from HND. In short, NRT makes sense to fly to if your destination is Tokyo. HND is the place to go if you are traveling onwards to elsewhere in Japan. Same vice versa.
In short, you've got it backwards. Might as well post that IAD is preferred over DCA and that JFK is the preferred airport, not LGA.