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Old 01-22-2010 | 06:38 AM
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Easy there tiger, I wouldn't start proclaiming DL is going to be te new JAL with routes to the rest of the world from Japan. There are bilateral agreements and laws to follow with where DL can fly. I wouldn't be surprised to see an increase in flights to Japan but I highly doubt we will see DL flying to Europe, Australasia and anywhere that doesn't involve the US and their Japan 5th freedom rights. IF DL indeed increases capacity from the states to Japan, it will likely be at the detriment of the valuable interport network within Asia to Japan. Further, there is a huge and very efficient hub that Korean Air operates in Seoul which could also bear a lot of the backfill with a shrunken JAL. JAL isn't going anywhere, they're just right sizing, like everyone else does in Ch11, so there isn't going to be meat for ALL the vultures.
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