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Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are poised to win the most new daytime slots at Tokyo Haneda International in time for the 2020 Summer Olympics, according to the US DoT Thursday. Of 12 new slots agreed with Japan, the DoT has tentatively allocated 5 for Delta, 4 for United, 2 for American Airlines and 1 for Hawaiian Airlines. The extra slots for US airlines, which are still pending final govt approvals, were unlocked after Japan reached an agreement with the US Air Force to open up new flight paths around a nearby US air base, a move needed to boost Haneda movements in the run-up to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Objections to the proposed allocations are due by May 30, with answers to the objections due by June 10, the DoT said, noting that it will consider all of the material before reaching a final decision. <br/>

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has filed charges with the US National Mediation Board against Delta Air Lines, alleging the carrier’s anti-union activities violate Delta employees’ right to unionise “free from interference, influence or coercion exercised by the carrier.” “The IAM has provided the NMB with evidence showing Delta has run an unlawful, systematic anti-union campaign that includes intimidation, discipline and terminations of union activists,” IAM general-VP Sito Pantoja said. “Last week, the public was able to see what many behind the walls of Delta have always known; that Delta will go to great lengths to suppress their employees’ collective voices.” Delta says that IAM’s interference claims are “completely baseless”. <br/>