Delta Air Lines’ subsidiary Northwest Airlines will discontinue flights to HCM City via Tokyo from March 27, 2010. The carrier also announced that from January 1, the flight frequency will fall from seven to four days a week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

The global economic downturn was the reason behind the company’s decision to restructure its Pacific network plan for the summer schedule, the carrier said in a statement. Delta became the second US airline to fly to HCM City in June 2009, five years after United Airlines, which launched its Viet Nam service in December 2004.

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