The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively declared that Delta Air Lines can keep a slot at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport if it flies there from Seattle daily. DOT claims that Delta’s Seattle-Haneda route benefited the traveling public by providing one-stop service to Haneda from several western cities and by promoting a diversity of US gateways. DOT has stated however that American’s Los Angeles-Haneda service could be a tentative backup if Delta does not meet additional flying conditions. Delta has committed to resuming daily service from yesterday. Hawaiian Airlines was also hoping for the slot. The decision prompted Mark Dunkerley,

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