{"id":248524,"date":"2025-07-09T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T23:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/what-happened-to-delta-air-lines-tokyo-hub\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T09:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T23:00:16","slug":"what-happened-to-delta-air-lines-tokyo-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=248524","title":{"rendered":"What Happened To Delta Air Lines&#8217; Tokyo Hub?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines once held an extensive network to and from <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"259815\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/tokyo-narita\/\"  >Tokyo Narita Airport<\/a><\/span>. Its Asian base had connections from Tokyo to destinations across Asia, and many more to the United States. Delta inherited the Tokyo hub from its predecessor, Northwest. 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