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Weekend Away
I think what a lot of DL fans fail to remember is that UA's SF hub and their presence throughout the APAC region is because they bought Pan Am's entire division out there. It's not like UA built that from scratch. Similarly, DL's presence in Europe and AA's in LATAM is because they bought the assets and routes from airlines that were given monopolies in those geographies (Pan Am again and Easter, respectively). All of DL's hub were bought, except SEA. So complaining that DL's network in the APAC region is weak compared to another airline isn't really fair.
This. Airlines can't be everything for all people. United has a great Asia-Pacific network, but has the smallest domestic presence of the Big 3. DL strikes a pretty good balance between international/domestic, especially compared to AA which seems to fly the bare number of international routes needed to remain competitive as a legacy airline.