While an entire ocean separates them, Asia and North America are two markets that have close ties when it comes to the world of modern commercial aviation. The transpacific market is served by legacy and flag carriers, who compete to gain market share by deploying some of their most opulent cabins on these routes. As such, this is a market where the US 'big three' airlines (American, Delta, and United) have a considerable presence.

According to present scheduling data made available by Cirium , an aviation analytics company, United Airlines is the biggest of this trio in this market, with 1,647 long-haul flights scheduled on routes between Asia and the US this month. Closer to Asia, it also has a hub in the US territory of Guam for further market access . Meanwhile, Delta has 892

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