Having flown 4 sectors in a United B747 with no PTVs or sockets for laptops in 2013(FFS),these airlines need to shape up to the real world and offer what the flying public want.The service level on the DL B747 fleet was until recently awful from Japan to the US.This is the result of airlines being shielded from competition.
Is not the rights that DL and UA have to fly pax between BKK and HND/NRT an invasion of someone else's market?.The same to Singapore from Tokyo,I believe as well.There seems to be a double standard here.
If EK/EY or QR ever start from Bangkok to Japan-and maybe on to the US west coast,DL and UA will be fighting a losing battle for pax.
So much for the land of unfettered free enterprise.