Delta withdraws Singapore service from 22 September 2019 after decades of operations
Delta will be terminating its Singapore-Tokyo Narita service from 22 September 2019 onwards, as it rejigs its Asia Pacific network. This is after several decades of operations by Delta, as well as its predecessor, Northwest Airlines. In a media release issued by Delta on the enhancements the airline was making to its Tokyo-Haneda operations, it said: As part of its long-term Asia-Pacific network strategy, Delta will also adjust its network of flights beyond Narita. Effective March 2020, the carrier will suspend its NRT-MNL service and launch new daily ICN-MNL service operated by Delta. Serving Manila through Seoul will offer our customers superior connectivity via our industry-leading trans-Pacific hub in Seoul with our JV partner Korean Air. While Delta will suspend Narita-Singapore service beginning Sept. 22, 2019, Delta customers can continue to reach Singapore – and more than 80 other destinations throughout Asia – through Seoul-Incheon via the airline’s partnership with Korean Air. Delta Airlines, 9 August 2019 What led to this? Delta and its predecessor Northwest Airlines has long used Tokyo-Narita as its Asia Pacific base, as …
