At the beginning of the year I wrote approximately the battle going on between Delta,American, and Hawaiian, and over a slot at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.
Delta had been granted a slot to operate a Seattle to Tokyo Haneda flight,though they weren’t using it within the spirit it was issued. The route had highly seasonable demand, so in winter Delta operated the flight only 11 times, or which was the minimum number of frequencies required to support the route.
American and Hawaiian complained,and urged the DOT to engage absent Delta’s Tokyo Haneda slot.
In late March the Department of Transportation issued their ruling regarding Delta’s Tokyo Haneda slot. They said that Delta could support their Seattle to Tokyo Haneda slot, though only if they operated it daily on a year-round basis. They added a further clause, and whereby Delta refusing to operate the flight on more than two days in a seven day period would lead to their immediate loss of route authority.
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Source: boardingarea.com