DL Applies For JFK-BUE

[chucky]

Delta Requests DOT Authority to Offer Service Between New York-JFK and Buenos AiresTuesday June 10, 9:03 am ET
If approved, new nonstop service will be the second Delta route to Argentina


NEW YORK, June 10, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines (NYSEAL - News) today announced it filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for permission to start new nonstop service between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Buenos Aires, Argentina.


Pending DOT approval, Delta currently plans to offer five flights weekly from December to April and four flights per week during the rest of the year, with the possibility of increasing frequencies depending on demand. If approved, the new flight will begin in December of this year and will complement Delta's current daily nonstop service between Buenos Aires and Atlanta.

``Developing JFK as a major Delta hub is paramount for the success of our international expansion strategy, and reaching the Americas from New York is an important part of this equation,'' said Christophe Didier, Delta's vice president of Sales and Government Affairs for Latin America and the Caribbean. ``JFK is key to our continuous growth in Latin America, especially in a market such as Buenos Aires, a destination that currently lacks sufficient nonstop service to New York City at a time when demand for travel on this route is high.''






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[FA Mikey]

EZE is the airport code.

Will be interesting to see the AA response, to the DAL request. Anyone know where the open slots are coming from?

 

[flyingcat]

The bilateral has increased the amount of available slots to the point that excess is available.

However, Aerolineas is cutting JFK and they ran the exact frequency that DL is applying for.

 

[chucky]

EZE is the airport code.





Oops I forgot. Thanks Mikey!

 

[FA Mikey]

Perhaps AA will use its ORD-EZE slots up at JFK, or perhaps the smarter move with fuel at this level is to do nothing.

 

[FWAAA]

MAH4546 recently posted that with the amended bilateral, EZE won't be the big moneymaker it used to be (when frequencies were much more limited). I think he said that the new agreement allows almost double the number of flights.

 

[FA Mikey]

AMR Corp.'s air carrier American Airlines said Friday it filed a request with the U.S. Department of Transportation to add five round-trip flights a week between New York and Buenos Aires.

American currently flies one daily round trip between the two cities. The proposed new service will add five additional weekly round trips starting on or before Dec. 18, for a total of 12 trips per week.

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[cooper43]

AMR Corp.'s air carrier American Airlines said Friday it filed a request with the U.S. Department of Transportation to add five round-trip flights a week between New York and Buenos Aires.

American currently flies one daily round trip between the two cities. The proposed new service will add five additional weekly round trips starting on or before Dec. 18, for a total of 12 trips per week.

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They must be afraid that Delta will give them some competition. I hope we do!!