Hawaiian Air's try for Haneda route draws airlines' fire

By Dave Segal

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 19, 2012

~~<p>Delta Air Lines, which is competing against Hawaiian Airlines for an available U.S. slot from Tokyo's Haneda International Airport, says Hawaiian should not be awarded a proposed route to Kona partly because the majority of passengers on Hawaiian's flights are Japanese tourists.</p>
<p>The world's second-largest airline made the comment in a filing with the U.S. Department of Transportation in a bid to convince the DOT to allow Delta to shift Haneda service from Detroit to Seattle. Delta is ending its Detroit-Haneda service Sept. 30 because it said that route is "underperforming."</p>
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Delta Air Lines, which is competing against Hawaiian Airlines for an available U.S. slot from Tokyo's Haneda International Airport, says Hawaiian should not be awarded a proposed route to Kona partly because the majority of passengers on Hawaiian's flights are Japanese tourists.

The world's second-largest airline made the comment in a filing with the U.S. Department of Transportation in a bid to convince the DOT to allow Delta to shift Haneda service from Detroit to Seattle. Delta is ending its Detroit-Haneda service Sept. 30 because it said that route is "underperforming." Login for more...