Airline News Headlines - North America

New York (AirGuide - Airline News Headlines North America) Feb 22, 2010 American Airlines and Delta Air Lines joined United Airlines, Continental Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines in applying to serve Tokyo Haneda. The US Dept. of Transportation will distribute four slot pairs. AA applied for the right to operate daily 777 flights to HND from both New York JFK and Los Angeles beginning Oct. 1 and Delta proposed daily flights from Seattle (A330-300s), Detroit, Honolulu and LAX (all 747-400s) beginning Oct. 31. Delta argued that with oneworld (Japan Airlines) and Star Alliance (ANA) already entrenched in Tokyo, its presence at the airport "would add a third major airline alliance" and "is critical to advancing airline competition" in the capital. Delta currently serves 11 US cities from Narita. Feb 18, 2010