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Delta to cut international flights later this year - Apr. 15, 2015
The airline said that there will be a 15% to 20% reduction in service from Japan, 15% reduction to Brazil, 15% to 20% reduction to Africa, India and the Middle East, and suspension of service to Moscow.
And these are exactly the markets that the ME3 are serving and then connecting to North America.
ACI Asia Pacific reported (15-Apr-2015) passenger traffic in the Asia Pacific region increased 9.7% year-on-year in Feb-2015, citing impact from seasonal passenger traffic surge during Lunar New Year. Middle Eastern airports reported a growth of 7.0%. In Asia Pacific, many airports posted double-digit growth, with the Lunar New Year holiday period significantly boosting international traffic: Tokyo Haneda recorded a 51.1% increase in international passengers followed by Shanghai Pudong (+28.9%). Bangalore grew at +29.6% in overall passengers and is likely to surpass 15 million by the end of 2015. The growth of Middle East airports were led by: Abu Dhabi at 21.5% and Doha at 15.6%. Freight traffic increased 14.3% in Asia Pacific and up 12.3% at Middle Eastern airports. Shanghai Pudong led Asia-Pacific with the highest growth rate 23.6% while Dubai (Dubai International and Dubai World Central combined) led the Middle East at 37.8%.