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U.S. Carriers Fight For Coveted Tokyo Haneda Slots

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 25, 2019February 25, 2019 4 Comments

Four U.S. carriers are fighting for 19 slots at Tokyo Haneda Airport. Who will be left without a seat when the music stops?

A new bilateral aviation agreement with Japan gives U.S. carriers access to 12 new daytime slots at Tokyo Haneda. Daytime is the key word, as these highly-coveted slots will allow more convenient service to Tokyo’s more central airport. While Narita was once served longahul international travel while Haneda focused on domestic and regional traffic, Haneda has expanded into an international hub over the last decade.

With the chance to expand, American, Delta, Hawaiian, and United have submitted bids for 19 new routes to Tokyo Haneda. These will complement the existing six routes already in service:

  • American – from Los Angeles
  • Delta – from Los Angeles + Minneapolis
  • Hawaiian – from Honolulu + Kona
  • United – from San Francisco

American Airlines

AA has requested four new slots to Haneda, including:

  • Dallas – DFW – 2x daily (777-200ER)
  • Las Vegas – LAS (787-8)
  • Los Angeles – LAX (787-8)

The Las Vegas route is most interesting, especially considering the former America West / US Airways hub is no longer a hub. It brings back memories of US Airways’ around-the-clock-service, with flights departing in the middle of the night. But with so much competition at LAS, I doubt we’d see a rebirth of this domestic hub for AA.

All four flights would represent new service (the LAX-HND flight would be a second daily flight).

Delta Air Lines

DL has requested six new slots to Haneda, including:

  • Atlanta – ATL  (777-200)
  • Detroit – DTW (A350-900)
  • Honolulu – HNL – 2x daily (767-300)
  • Portland – PDX (A330-200)
  • Seattle – SEA (A330-900neo)

Delta is not proposing any new service. Instead, it wants to abandon Narita and shift all of its Tokyo traffic to Haneda.

Hawaiian Airlines

HA has requested three new slots from Honolulu to Haneda using A330-200s. This would be in addition to its existing daily flight to Haneda. The carrier has not confirmed whether the new Haneda service would replace or complement its service to Tokyo Narita.

United Airlines

UA has requested six new slots to Haneda, including:

  • Chicago – ORD (777-200)
  • Guam – GUM (777-200)
  • Houston – IAH (777-200)
  • Los Angeles – LAX (787-10)
  • Newark – EWR ( 777-200)
  • Washington – IAD (777-200)

The flights from Chicago O’Hare, Houston Bush Intercontinental, and Washington Dulles would replace existing flights to Tokyo Narita. The flights from Guam, Los Angeles, and Newark would be new services.

My Predictions

If I was a betting man, I’d make the following wagers about who will “win” the slots:

  • American will receive one slot from Dallas and the new Las Vegas slot. The LA slot is redundant and the second Dallas slot is unrealistic, especially considering JAL also serves DFW. (2)
  • Delta will receive two slots, one for Honolulu and one for Seattle. This is because this service change will still leave flights to Narita from both cities. Its other requests will not be priortized since they will lead to cuts from Narita. (2)
  • Hawaiian will receive two slots from Honolulu. (6)
  • United will receive a slot from all six cities. Three are a given–the new service to Guam, Los Angeles, and Newark. But I think the other three make sense because United does not face competition on these routes and consumers prefer Haneda over Narita. ANA will (presumably) continue to fly from Chicago, Houston, and Washington to Narita, meaning consumers will still have the choice to fly to either Tokyo airport. (12)

That totals 12!

I also agree with One Mile at a Time that it is curious that American has taken a more conservative route and is not vying for new service from its Charlotte, Philadelphia, or Phoenix hubs.

CONCLUSION

While I also prefer to fly into Haneda over Narita, I don’t really mind Narita at all. The train into central Tokyo is easy enough and Narita is a very pleasant airport to connect in. We should know in a few weeks which slots the U.S. Department of Transportation will award.

What new flight to Tokyo Haneda would you like to see from U.S. carriers?

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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4 Comments

  1. Rinshin Reply
    February 25, 2019 at 11:05 am

    From SJC or SFO. Much more expensive to fly business from bay area. We end up going to LAX, YVC, or Seattle.

  2. Paul Reply
    February 26, 2019 at 8:59 am

    Kinda bummed to see that AA isn’t looking to establish PHL-HND considering how hard PHL has been working to establish a route to East Asia.

  3. Tom Reply
    February 28, 2019 at 12:36 pm

    Why wouldn’t DL get more than UA because of their JV with ANA? I think the remaining 8 after HA and AA would be split 3-5 in favor of DL.

    • Matthew Reply
      February 28, 2019 at 1:22 pm

      Delta does not want to add any routes. United is proposing new service from three cities ans consumers would still have access to Narita from the cities in which United would switch to Haneda.

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