It's absolutely a case of Delta of saying "DO AS WE SAY NOT AS WE DO!!!" HYPOCRITES because on the same day they state all this above, they follow it with [two additional routes]
I love the indignant tone, and the large caps!
But before you get carried away, you should note that even the original article article acknowledges 1-2% planned growth at DAL. Furthermore, I don't think DAL is concerned about adding routes where there is demand, but adding capacity that is not proportional to demand:
"...The challenge for the industry is to make sure we don't come back and start flooding the market with more capacity ... when the demand isn't there..."
And two routes in DAL's network ins't exactly a
flood of capacity, is it? So it's all meaningless absent the context of demand on that particular route, without comparisons to the overall newtork at DAL, and especially without comparing DAL's actions to other airlines.
And I don't think any airline based in EWR needs to be giving lessons on the topic of capacity discipline.