Report: Delta Air Lines Plans to Drop Baggage Recheck on Arrival to U.S.

Delta Air Lines is reportedly planning to make a major change to the way it operates bag checks for international flights arriving in the U.S.

According to the Mainchi, an English language newspaper published in Japan citing Delta officials, starting sometime this year, Delta will no longer require baggage rechecks upon arrival in the U.S. for passengers traveling from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and then connecting to another U.S. city.  

That would mean that passengers no longer have to collect luggage and then recheck their bags as part of their connection to another destination in the U.S. Those traveling through the U.S. to another international destination would still need to go through with their recheck.

Jeff Moomaw, the Vice President of Asia at Delta Air Lines, told Mainchi that “anyone who has traveled and connected in the United States knows that it’s a difficult experience” and that “we will soon be able to remove that part of the experience.”

While Delta is reportedly planning on first making the change for passengers traveling from Tokyo’s Haneda airport into the U.S., it would soon add Seoul, London Heathrow, and Frankfurt, too.