Originally Posted by
readywhenyouare
MSP can support Tokyo service with no problem. If anyone is losing Tokyo service my bet is on PDX. I'm also puzzled why DL operates PDX-LHR. There is no domestic feed on either end. Portland really isn't that big of a city.
I’m not current on how international routes are allocated, but could it be a vestige of the old DL-AS partnership where Delta provided intl service to AS domestic traffic? I also don’t know how fast a route in that situation would be dropped after the partnership ends. There could be good O/D too.