Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Careful. MSP now has HND, but previously there was NRT.
In fact, PMNW did two daily 747s to NRT during much of the year and there was also a HKG nonstop for a while.
BTW, if DL plans to fill an A350 with MOA traffic, this will be a low yielding route. Perhaps the goal is more to get an AA slot than to run a route that otherwise would be considered profitable.
I think the MOA traffic will help sell the back, and 3M, Target, Best Buy, General Mills, Cargill, etc fill the front and middle.
And if you think about just number of non-stop and 1 stop destinations, being able to connect many of the KE and MU destinations, compared to the dozen or so 5th freedom routes from NRT, and it's more attractive than ever to go TPAC from MSP
And HND is by far superior if TYO is your destination. It's right on the subway and not far from the city. If it was the Minneapolis area, HND is like MSP compared to downtown Minneapolis where NRT is practically STC