Originally Posted by alfaromeo

I think the first change will be an upgauge in aircraft to Narita. The Japanese government would be foolish to cut off all of JAL's feed and give it to ANA. My guess would be that Delta would add some other cities to feed NRT, perhaps by converting some of the A-330-200's to be able to go more than 12 hours. They could also convert some more 767's with a rest module and the winglets.

My thoughts are this will not cause the flood gates to open on wide body flying, but there will be a noticeable increase, especially in 2011. (assuming the press reports are true)