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According to this article, Delta said they would rather do SEA-HND instead of DTW-HND. Does Delta really see a future market for this route? Why do they even want to do this? Because they already operate to their hub NRT with an Airbus A330-300.
I know it’s a stupid question to ask, but I just want to see what you all think.
Not a stupid question.
Delta evidently feels they can make more money on the SEA/HND route rather than a DTW/HND route.
I’m guessing that much of the US travel to Japan originates in the western US - a DTW origin would not be attractive on those lanes due to the back-track.
There’s likely to be next-concourse competition for Delta at LAX, while they’d have SEA-HND all to themselves. SEA would be a shorter route versus LAX from a good-sized chunk of the country - and if I’m flying out of the east coast and must go to HND, I don’t particularly care if I change planes in DTW or SEA.
Plus Delta is run by an Idiot.