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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.
Didn't you admonish JayRay for not reading your post. Dude, learn to read my entire post. I did not proclaim anything. If JAL picks DAL which seems like a sure thing, based on ETIC conclusion, DAL IS poised to gain a great deal, pending DOT approval of Anti Trust Immunity. With DOT approval, DAL via SkyTeam Alliance stands to gain a good deal of JAL international routes from Japan to US AND Europe with Air France. I am well aware of Korean Airlines will also pick up a lot of JAL international routes. Korean Airlines is a member of the SkyTeam alliance and on Major section under the JAL/DAL thread, I said DAL better court Korean Airlines and China Eastern as well. I also said nothing about JAL disappearing. JAL is restructuring and when it emerges it will be a smaller airline. You are reading more into what I wrote than there is. Also I said nothing about Australasian flights Jal does.
Your condescending attitude is getting tiresome. Just because you've been at Mesaba longer than anybody on this forum does not give you the right to lecture everyone. Nor does it mean you know more than I. Maybe you do, maybe you don't. Just don't try to take every chance you can to show everyone how much smarter you are than everyone on here.