Originally Posted by
Chadg
Delta has tentatively been awarded daytime service to HND from LAX and MSP with Boeing 777 aircraft.
If they should stop MSP service, American has been granted backup authority from DFW.
http://airlineinfo.com/ostpdf97/568.pdf
Aside from the HA allocation, they made the right call. Even with HA, I guess it nominally provides some competition, but I still think the benefit to US travelers is too little to outweigh the case for DFW or ATL.