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American Airlines to add 3rd daily flight between DFW Airport, London Heathrow
American Airlines Inc. plans to launch a third daily flight between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and London Heathrow Airport on May 1, giving travelers an evening departure from North Texas and a mid-day arrival in London.
That same day, American will also launch nonstop service between D/FW Airport and Madrid, giving the Fort Worth-based carrier four European destinations from D/FW – Madrid, London, Paris and Frankfurt.
American spokesman Tim Smith said the third D/FW-London flight will operate through the summer season, ending Oct. 23.
"This is obviously good news for the Dallas-Fort Worth area in terms of an additional choice of flights to and from London during the peak season," Smith said.
"And, from a systemwide standpoint, it also allows us to better distribute feed traffic from other markets into our largest hub at D/FW," he said. "Both local and connecting passengers will come out winners with these changes."
D/FW Airport officials said the new Heathrow flight was "a direct result" of an "open skies" agreement that went into effect in March 2008 for service between the U.S. and Europe, including Great Britain.
"Flying to Heathrow is the preferred destination, and the additional connections at Heathrow are helping to increase demand," said Joe Lopano, the airport's executive vice president of marketing and terminal management
U.S. carriers increasingly have focused their flights on international routes as they have reduced the size of their domestic operations, where they face more competition.
Delta Air Lines Inc., Northwest Airlines Inc., Continental Airlines Inc. and US Airways Inc. all expanded their international capacity in 2008 over 2007.
However, American has been more cautious about growing internationally than those rivals, cutting its flying on international routes by 0.2 percent in 2008.
Smith pointed out that American won't be increasing its total number of London flights from U.S. cities this summer as it reshuffles its schedule.
Boston will also add a third flight into London Heathrow, while Los Angeles and Chicago will each lose a summer flight compared with the 2008 schedule. Los Angeles will have one daily round trip to London, and Chicago will drop to four daily round trips to London.
Even though the total number of flights will remain at 11, American's summer capacity from Boston, Chicago, D/FW Airport and Los Angeles to London Heathrow will be down nearly 6 percent this summer compared with last summer.
The number of miles flown will decrease as Los Angeles and Chicago flights are replaced by shorter Dallas/Fort Worth and Boston flights. In addition, five of the 11 flights in 2009 will be flown on 225-seat Boeing 767s rather than 246-seat Boeing 777s. In 2008, all but one of the 11 flights were operated with Boeing 777s.
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American Airlines Inc. plans to launch a third daily flight between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and London Heathrow Airport on May 1, giving travelers an evening departure from North Texas and a mid-day arrival in London.
That same day, American will also launch nonstop service between D/FW Airport and Madrid, giving the Fort Worth-based carrier four European destinations from D/FW – Madrid, London, Paris and Frankfurt.
American spokesman Tim Smith said the third D/FW-London flight will operate through the summer season, ending Oct. 23.
"This is obviously good news for the Dallas-Fort Worth area in terms of an additional choice of flights to and from London during the peak season," Smith said.
"And, from a systemwide standpoint, it also allows us to better distribute feed traffic from other markets into our largest hub at D/FW," he said. "Both local and connecting passengers will come out winners with these changes."
D/FW Airport officials said the new Heathrow flight was "a direct result" of an "open skies" agreement that went into effect in March 2008 for service between the U.S. and Europe, including Great Britain.
"Flying to Heathrow is the preferred destination, and the additional connections at Heathrow are helping to increase demand," said Joe Lopano, the airport's executive vice president of marketing and terminal management
U.S. carriers increasingly have focused their flights on international routes as they have reduced the size of their domestic operations, where they face more competition.
Delta Air Lines Inc., Northwest Airlines Inc., Continental Airlines Inc. and US Airways Inc. all expanded their international capacity in 2008 over 2007.
However, American has been more cautious about growing internationally than those rivals, cutting its flying on international routes by 0.2 percent in 2008.
Smith pointed out that American won't be increasing its total number of London flights from U.S. cities this summer as it reshuffles its schedule.
Boston will also add a third flight into London Heathrow, while Los Angeles and Chicago will each lose a summer flight compared with the 2008 schedule. Los Angeles will have one daily round trip to London, and Chicago will drop to four daily round trips to London.
Even though the total number of flights will remain at 11, American's summer capacity from Boston, Chicago, D/FW Airport and Los Angeles to London Heathrow will be down nearly 6 percent this summer compared with last summer.
The number of miles flown will decrease as Los Angeles and Chicago flights are replaced by shorter Dallas/Fort Worth and Boston flights. In addition, five of the 11 flights in 2009 will be flown on 225-seat Boeing 767s rather than 246-seat Boeing 777s. In 2008, all but one of the 11 flights were operated with Boeing 777s.
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