Delta Air objects to US terms for Haneda slot

Atlanta

AFTER beating American Airlines for the right to keep flying to Tokyo's close-in airport, Delta Air Lines is objecting to the proposed US terms to do so.

The US Transportation Department wants to set a "draconian" standard in insisting that a flight between Seattle and Haneda airport operate every day, Delta said in a filing. Failing to do so could mean ceding Haneda access to American, Delta said.

"At the most basic level, the proposed condition deviates from past practice because, as far as Delta is aware, the department has never previously imposed such a strict 365-day-a-year service requirement,…