Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) was left out of the initial round of slot distribution, as the carrier doesn’t have a Japanese partner. It must now wait for the remaining slots available to overseas carriers to be distributed.
Delta, which currently has two nighttime flights to Haneda, has said it wants 25 slot pairs so that the company can return most of its flights to Haneda after being forced to move them to Narita Airport in 1978.
The carrier is unlikely to be satisfied, said Mann.