Originally Posted by
RealHJ
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)?
Retirement of 747s, deployment of higher capacity aircraft elsewhere, market chances since KE JV, etc. DL has every right to rebuild it if they want to, and HND is a perfect way to begin a new Asian strategy alongside the KE JV.