Originally Posted by
jsloan
When I lived in Seattle, I used to tell people that the best Chinese food in Seattle was in Richmond (BC — a suburb of Vancouver).
Demographics may have changed since then, but at the time (~15 years ago) there was a lot more Japanese presence than Chinese. I agree that LAX makes more sense for DL even without as much connecting feed. And I hope that UA keeps its frequencies too. The more choices, the better.
I still think the best Asian food is still up north beyond the border.
However, there are some pretty decent offerings now in Seattle Chinatown. If you go to Bellevue, there seems to be a lot more 'ethnic' mainland Chinese food, as well as Taiwanese.
Could these explain the recent relative success of the Asian flights to/ from SEA?
Originally Posted by
Kacee
It would be quite surprising if DL were to offer any 5th freedom flights from HKG. They've become far more dependent on partners (i.e., KE) to connect intra-Asia than UA.
I honestly don't see the logic behind DL's re-introduction of this route.
Soon after it started TPE, three other airlines joined in. Then there were rumors DL was considering a return to MNL, and PR hurriedly restarted flights, and is now increasing frequencies. It would be interesting to see the competition that DL will face on this HKG-LAX route!
Seems like DL may have its hands full in SEA, battling three other carriers to TPE, then AS wanting to build its own international hub there.