Originally Posted by
WWads
I think any flight would be O/D focused. I don't know a lot of people who want to take a 3hr+ domestic flight to connect to a TPAC flight.
Anyone who does not have a nonstop to ICN and can get a better connection in SLC than at ATL, DTW, SEA or LAX will definitely connect in SLC. And that appears to be a lot of mountain, southwest, and midwest communities. Connections rich on both ends of ICN-SLC. Not O/D restricted on either end.
I see the only new flights DL adds to Asia will be from US gateways to ICN and PVG to feed their JV partners. I don't see any new cities in Asia being added to DL's network unless they get a new JV partner. I mean when you give up HKG, you are probably not looking to add new Asian destinations strictly for O/D traffic.