▁its ▁report ▁intention ▁to ▁grant ▁Cont inental ▁and ▁American ▁Airlines ▁route ▁authority ▁that ▁" this ▁tent atively ▁leaves ▁seven ▁frequencies ▁to ▁be ▁awarded ▁... ▁D elta ▁and ▁North west ." ▁The ▁D OT ▁stated ▁that ▁North west , ▁which ▁already ▁had ▁route ▁authority ▁between ▁Detroit ▁and ▁China ▁but ▁has ▁chosen ▁to ▁fly ▁the ▁route ▁via ▁Tokyo ▁( though ▁it ▁did ▁operate ▁some ▁non - stop ▁fl ights ▁in ▁the ▁past ), ▁was ▁applying ▁for ▁additional ▁Detroit – Ch ina ▁authority . ▁Such ▁application ▁was ▁denied ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁limited ▁number ▁of ▁new ▁route ▁authority ▁but ▁that ▁now ▁there ▁is ▁more ▁le ew ay ▁with ▁more ▁fl ights ▁permitted ▁by ▁treat y . ▁The ▁D OT ▁selected ▁Detroit – Sh ang hai ▁over ▁Detroit – Be ij ing . ▁The ▁D OT ▁noted ▁that ▁D elta ▁was ▁not ▁awarded ▁its ▁route ▁application ▁because ▁it ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁much ▁experience ▁in ▁the ▁Chinese ▁market ▁when ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁award ▁was ▁to ▁start , ▁given ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁only ▁begin ▁Atlanta – Sh ang hai ▁service ▁on ▁March ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁The ▁Atlanta – Sh ang hai ▁D elta ▁service ▁was ▁susp ended ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁but ▁was ▁re - inst ated ▁on ▁June ▁ 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 ; ▁the ▁route , ▁however , ▁ceased ▁again ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁due ▁to ▁poor ▁loads