Originally Posted by Tinpusher007
UAL is in fact giving up JFK-LHR, UAL does not fly to LGW. They sold their NYC-LON route authority to DL. DL will now operate JFK-LGW as they do not have rights to serve LHR, as per the Bermuda II treaty between the US and UK. There is a rather exstensive discussion going on about this very topic here:
http://www.airliners.net/discussions....main/2905784/
Wow, that's a shame DAL can't fly into LHR as that is the airport of choice. When I read the article I only saw the DAL JFK-LGW part, didn't realize that UAL was dumping the LHR run.
Thanks TP