Destinations lost since DL/NW merger
With Delta's announcement this week that it would be dropping service to BKK, it got me thinking about all of the destinations we've lost on Delta since the merger. I fly Delta because it's reliable and the service is good, but also because of all the places it can take me. So each destination lost makes that case just a little bit weaker. I'm just focusing on the international destinations here, but I'm sure an equally lengthy list could be made domestically.
ABV ACA AMM BKK BSB OTP BUD PUS CAI DXB IST KBP ROB BOM VLC To be honest, I didn't realize how long this list would be until I started compiling it. It's actually pretty sad how many parts of the world are now out of reach. Anyone care to do it domestically? |
A few on there make complete sense. CAI, BOM, AMM, IST. Some others, not so much. ACA, for example, WA served from LAX for years. Some - highly-questionable: DXB for example =-).
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I'm glad I had the chance to go to OTP, VLC, KBP, IST, BKK, AMM while they lasted. All pretty cool places! Amman/Jordan and Petra are truly magical.
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Originally Posted by AANYC1981
(Post 27056950)
I'm glad I had the chance to go to OTP, VLC, KBP, IST, BKK, AMM while they lasted. All pretty cool places! Amman/Jordan and Petra are truly magical.
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Originally Posted by bubbashow
(Post 27056955)
Was AMM inherited from PA?
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Originally Posted by AANYC1981
(Post 27056960)
Pretty sure it was not....it was started by DL on their own.
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Let's be straight about something here. Most of the routes that you reference lasted were test routes, Delta flew them for a year or two, or perhaps 2-3 seasons and dropped them if they did not perform. IST however is/was a route that they not only flew consistently since they got it from Pan Am. From 1991-1997 via FRA, since 1997 nonstop, and briefly at the turn of the century they also had a successful route ATL-IST as well (that went away after 9/11 and never came back). PAn Am had been flying the route since 1952 or so, so this is a route that essentially was intact for about 65 years, and that is a big difference than West African routes, or esoteric Eastern European routes that they played with for a short time. TK flying 14 times a day to the US, including ATL, sort of proves that there is demand between the countries. That being said, they might have pulled out after what has occurred over the last 6 weeks in IST, OTOH, the route lasted successfully through three prior coups and all sorts of other trouble over the years.
ABV ACA AMM BKK BSB OTP BUD PUS CAI DXB IST KBP ROB BOM VLC |
I think they dropped CRP, LBB, and maybe BRO and another TX city after the merger.
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Here's some Canadian destinations that came to mind. Might be more. This list could grow too if the current economic conditions persist.
YXU - London YQR - Regina YQT - Thunder Bay YYG - Charlottetown |
CAN was served by PMNW from NRT.
I think there are some other intraAsia routes that have been lost. I would guess Fukahama, Guam, Jakarta in addition to Pusan. IIRC KIX is about to be lost too. Technically, the old Osaka airport should also be on the list. |
Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
(Post 27057420)
CAN was served by PMNW from NRT.
I think there are some other intraAsia routes that have been lost. I would guess Fukahama, Guam, Jakarta in addition to Pusan. IIRC KIX is about to be lost too. Technically, the old Osaka airport should also be on the list. |
In fact, I'd say that DXB is the only one where DL just couldn't compete, despite the market. As for the rest, at least they gave the markets a go. |
SGN used to be served via NRT but without local pickup rights from Japan IIRC.
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I actually did the same thing the other day, but did long-haul routes they dropped since the merger instead of just destinations and here's what I came up with:
(compiled mostly from old Sky magazines) ACC - ABV ACC - ROB AMS - BOM ATL - ACC ATL - ATH ATL - BOM ATL - BSB ATL - CPH ATL - DKR ATL - DXB ATL - FOR - REC - ATL ATL - ICN ATL - KWI ATL - MAN ATL - MAO ATL - PRG ATL - PVG ATL - SVO ATL - TLV DKR - CPT DKR - JNB DKR - LAD DTW - HKG DTW - HND JFK - ABV JFK - AMM JFK - BOM JFK - BUD JFK - CAI JFK - IST JFK - KBP JFK - NRT JFK - TXL KIX - GUM LAX - GRU LAX - LHR MCO - BSB MEM - AMS NGO - GUM NGO - MNL NRT - BKK NRT - HKG NRT - ICN NRT - PEK SEA - HND SFO - NRT |
A ton of the routes everyone is posting were both started and ended after the merger, so to me they seem odd to be included in this thread. Is the point of the thread to not say where the combined entity cancelled destinations that were parts of the pre-merged airlines?
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