Originally Posted by
RealHJ
^ This is very useful. Thanks!
It also really shows how DL is downsizing it's operations so much...routes that used to be 4x to 5x daily on 747 and A330 mix like HNL-NRT, now just once daily on 763 (or HNL-KIX 2x daily 747+A330 now just 1x daily again tiny 763), for example, and so many intra-Asia routes cut.
DL sure has been giving a lot of market share to competitors over the last few years. Good for creating more airline competition in the market, at least, as where DL cuts, others add. And there is still good coverage with other SkyTeam airlines to pick up the slack often.
The Hawaii beach market capacity has been cut significantly, yes. A prime difference in US49-Asia capacity is non-stop flights to PEK/PVG from LAX/SEA/DTW which didn't exist at the end of the NW era in 2008.
https://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08845.pdf
Like
ab2013 said, the NRT hub is a low-value relic of another era of restrictive bilateral treaties and before size-appropriate aircraft had the range for non-stops USA-China. When CO started non-stop Newark-Hong Kong on a 777 in 2001, it was the beginning of the end for NW at NRT.
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/30/o...orth-pole.html