Originally Posted by
Swakid8
‘Meh, I wouldn’t go as far as saying DL owned United in terms of European flying. The two have always been neck to neck with Delta having a slight edge European flying.
I agree with Delta being more of a East coast airline and United being a west coast heavy airline.
Delta domestic network is more balance, however SK is trying to right that ship with United Next (need a contract to support it though)…
Perhaps "owned" is not the proper term...
However, I've been here 15 years and DL has always had more Europe feed than us. Not by like 20% or anything, but they have always had a slight edge. United got an edge in Europe coming out of the pandemic and I expect that lead to widen unless DL re-invests in some more WB aircraft.
DL is France heavy due to their alliance with AF.
AA is UK heavy with BA alliance.
UA is Germany heavy with Lufthansa alliance.