Torres: Delta remains committed to Marianas
Gov. Ralph DLG Torres joins Marianas Visitors Authority managing director Christopher A. Concepcion and other CNMI officials in a meeting with Delta Air Lines executives in Tokyo. (Contributed Photo)
Gov. Ralph DLG Torres and Marianas Visitors Authority managing director Christopher A. Concepcion announced yesterday that Delta Air Lines will remain committed to serving the CNMI.
After meeting with President Donald J. Trump in Honolulu over the weekend, Torres joined the MVA team in Tokyo for a meeting with Delta Air Lines executives.
Delta Air Lines has already indicated in a recent statement that it will be formally ending its Guam service effective Jan. 8, 2018.
“I am proud to report that Delta remains committed to the CNMI. They have chosen to maintain their Narita-Saipan route as they see potential for growth with the economic development happening in the CNMI. They noted the several new hotel properties and the integrated casino resort set to open in the coming years. Chris and I reiterated our support for Delta, and we thanked them for their 28 years of service to the CNMI. We are very grateful for this continued partnership. This marks another milestone in the historic and cultural relationship between the Marianas and Japan,” Torres said.
Discussions during the Tokyo meeting included regional issues affecting travel, such as the increased competition from other destinations and the North Korea threat, Concepcion said.
“Delta brought up valid concerns surrounding the Asia-Pacific region, and we assured them that the Marianas stands committed to ensuring that it remains a safe and enjoyable destination. We talked about the possibilities for cargo service from Saipan to Japan, joint cooperative promotions between MVA and Delta, as well as the new aircraft Delta launched to Saipan beginning on Nov. 5 with 24 additional seats per day. We also discussed the possibility of flights from Osaka and Nagoya and other major cities in Japan to Saipan in the future should the demand increase,” Concepcion said.
Concepcion added that the CNMI will continue to give Delta Air Lines and the overall Japan market the support it needs to be successful.
“We realize the Japan market has been struggling the last several years, and we acknowledge that it is an uphill battle to bring arrival numbers back to acceptable levels. We assured Delta that our commitment to them is as solid as it has been for the past 28 years. We look forward to helping them grow their business in the CNMI for the next 28 years and beyond,” Concepcion added. (PR)
THIS was already stated by Delta in it’s plan to pull out of Guam. This useless “jet setting” humanoid only looks for excuses to spend taxpayers money to rack up travel miles. ALSO for what reason is his wife traveling along on all of these first class trips and accommodations as well as the rest of his “group”
WHERE are the trip reports for all of this clowns travels? This guy has outdone Fitial on travels and is also up to the level of Fitial (if not beyond) as an embarrassment to the NMI people when ever he opens his mouth abroad.
“..and we assured them that the Marianas stands committed to ensuring that it remains a safe and enjoyable destination” Give me a break!
That is funny with all that continues to go on in the NMI involving missing persons, deaths AND crimes against tourist along with, on the occasion that someone is caught by accident, the Judges letting these same repeat offenders back on the streets. Add this to the total incompetence from within DPS and the conditions of our “tourists sites” and infrastructure all makes for a good joke AND embarrassment.
The Japan market will never come back and according to “numbers” has still been declining.
This place is now another Chinese island and Chinese “birthing site” for US passports. Get used to it, until the Chinese visa waiver is rescinded after the end to the CW program in 2019
BTW, a law was passed in the Phil. a couple of months ago that makes putting out “false news” a crime, this legislature should also enact such a law, but then again all of these failures would be in jail.(maybe not a bad thing)
Absolutely. There is no positive correlation between a photo op and an agreement or even a compromise. You ain’t foolin’ nobody. Japan’s NMI from the 80’s and 90’s is history. Let’s move on.
On a lighter note, the man on the far left looks quite uncomfortable.