Originally Posted by Longboater

ORD/IAH are fine with what UA has. Would be silly for IAH-NRT to go to IAH-HND, even with ZipAir entering the market although that is a different POS. UA's TYO issue is with IAD. No IAD-NRT flying at all. NH has downgauged the 787-9 to a 787-8. It was once operated by a 77W. Once the 772s begin retiring, I would wager UA's IAD-HND flight gets downgauged to a 787-9. Tells you how the DC to TYO has shrunk as UA once flew a 747-400 when they first started IAD-NRT back in the 2000s after ending JFK-NRT. Should NH look at switching IAD-HND to IAD-NRT? Maybe.

Anyway, the biggest US demand for NRT-CEB at least comes from NYC/SFO/LA/HNL, which UA and HND all have plenty of capacity to NRT. NRT-KHH seems to appeal as much to TYO demand as much as from the US. I would figure LA/SFO are the two largest US markets for KHH but don't quote me on that. I have no idea what the biggest demand in the US for NRT-UBN would be. NRT-ROR appeals much more to local TYO demand than anything from the US. Delta started and flew it until the end of the NRT hub, when NRT-South Seas Beach markets went away. Demand is there but there might be an issue with the weak Yen, which is why the GUM operation is struggling, hence FUK-GUM gone and would not be shocked if NGO-GUM was next. (Palau's currency is the Dollar as it is a de facto protectorate of the United States.) I'm still surprised UA didn't drop a NRT-GUM flight when they started HND-GUM.