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Old Jan 3, 2023 | 6:47 pm
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Originally Posted by SUPERTRAVEL
I wonder if the traffic rights to all the cities mentioned still exist out of NRT, it's just that Delta has abandoned them.
Delta and United both fifth freedom rights in Japan that they inherited from Northwest and Pan Am. They can each negotiate rights with other countries for route authority. Iirc the original agreement placed some restrictions on where they could operate from in Japan though.
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