American wants to fly from their mega hub in Dallas/Fort Worth. Continental wants to add service from their Newark hub. Northwest wants to add service from Detroit. And United wants to link the two national capitals with service from Washington D.C.
Northwest Airlines and United Airlines which both operate significant flight schedules to Asia are seen as "hogging" the market. New comers to the market, such as American and Continental, want a piece of the international pie. With the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, this new service could prove to be a very wise investment for the airlines. So the winner of the bid could have a large roll in transporting tourist and business individuals alike. (photo from Washington Post)
So it is no surprise that code share partner with United Airlines, US Airways, has thrown their support behind the carrier's attempts to gain access to the route. Currently US Airways is phasing in their code shares with the airline with existing markets to China out of San Francisco.
American Airlines and United Airlines have both set up websites to garner more public support for their routes. American's site claims that nearly 100 cities would have one stop service if the flights left from DFW, with 30 of them having first time on stop service. United Airline's site claims that 10 million people live within a 2 hour drive from D.C. and that their new service would generate $275 million to $333 million in economic expansion and create 3,400 to 4,100 jobs for the Washington area.Fly to China on AA
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This battle is just heating up. New service will be granted later this year and will start in early 2007.
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