Delta Back in Hong Kong, but United in Focus
Delta Air Lines resumed its Hong Kong service Monday with daily nonstop flights to Los Angeles, moving to boost its position in Asia. Delta’s DL89 flight departed Los Angeles late June 6 and landed in Hong Kong at 5:05 a.m. on June 8, the airline said. Delta isn’t calling Asia a niche play anymore. Peter Carter, who just became Delta’s president, told CNBC during the IATA meeting in Rio de Janeiro that Delta wants to be “stronger, better, faster” in the trans-Pacific — meaning flights between the Americas and Asia or Oceania — and is aiming to be the top U.S. airline in that market.