Originally Posted by
Ferd149
I don't have too much of a problem with them taking some of the NRT slots and using them at HND. However, I don't think we should count the overflights, those should be gravy. Think of the lost hub in Frankfort, for example. Point to point from the US comes and goes as markets advance and decline. But, if you have a hub you can use it when markets decline.
Simply stated, don't you wish we had someplace in Europe to funnel people into and then have us fly them onward.......like we do in NRT now? Don't give up NRT just because you think point to point from the US is forever.
Signed,
An Old Asia Hand
Right said Fred. Honestly, if I was trying to develop a dominant US-based airline network from scratch, I wouldn't start with a NRT hub. But since we have it, and since it is an organic alternative to fickle alliances, I would try to have the two pieces working together. If we hit a dead-end with KAL, or the Chinese, we emphasize the other.
This is assuming NRT remains viable, of course. Not a given...