Originally Posted by
ClipperDelta
Uh, yes it does - page 10 of the application document - in big bold headline:
Delta Needs Two Haneda Slots for Honolulu service to provide meaningful competition in the Top US-Tokyo Demand Market
- United/ANA and prospective Hawaiian/JAL JVs would operate effective duopoly in Hawaii, Delta can provide meaningful competition with two Honolulu - Haneda slot awards
Diagram of Potential HNL-HND Slot Allocation:
ANA/UA JV: 2 total (1 from 2016 day-time allocation, and 1 from 2020 potential day-time allocation)
JL/HA ATI pending approval: 4 total (1 from 2016 day-time allocation; 1 Night-time; 2 from 2020 potential day-time allocation)
Delta: 2 total (2 from potential 2020 daytime allocation)
Where does this explain why did DL downsize by a factor of approximately 6 fold over the six years in that very same TYO-HNL market (it's current HNL-NRT routes from 4x 747/A330 to 1x767)?
DL is not addressing the elephant in the room: that it has been rapidly shrinking both its footprint and number of seats in the market.
It's the largest TYO-US market hands down, period. But DL has been shrinking massively the last few years. So why does it want HND slots, when while other airlines are adding capacity at NRT DL is removing it, and DL has little to no meaningful connections to offer at HND (unlike at NRT)?