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Old Jan 1, 2021, 9:15 pm
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Originally Posted by lonelygod
It used to, and will, right? There were more than 20 PVG, ICN and newly-added HND routes pre-pandemic.
Operating or not, DL's website only shows 7 with 1 mandatory connection (ICN-MNL).

FWIW - DL, sooner or later, will become another AA, which eventually, UA will become the sole U.S. airlines serving Asia.

Originally Posted by RealHJ
Does DL even have the fleet to do so? DL has shrunk its fleet considerably last year.
This is not exactly related the route termination. Specifically, DL's 777s were not that old in term of retirement, given that the world's first ever 777 is still in service by UA. Fleet retirement may be incidental to the route termination. But definitely, it is the route driving the retirement, not the another way around.
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