Shot across the bow to AMR. And so it goes. Glad to see and hope we get it!

Delta Air Lines Inc. wants to beef up its flight schedule from both Boston and Miami to London’s Heathrow Airport.
The Atlanta-based carrier said it filed applications with the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Transportation asking for the nod to have twice-daily year-round service between Heathrow and Boston and daily year-round service between Heathrow and Miami.
Delta (NYSE: KDAL) is pitching the flights as a way to add competition at Heathrow. It noted the oneworld alliance, which includes American Airlines and British Airways, holds 47 percent of Heathrow's takeoff and landing slots, while the Star Alliance, which includes United Airlines, US Airways, BMI and Lufthansa, has 25 percent of Heathrow's slots.
SkyTeam, whose members include Delta, Air France-KLM and Alitalia, holds only 5 percent of Heathrow's slots.
The slots for the new service at Heathrow are available after the U.S. and E.U. governments approved an immunized trans-Atlantic alliance between American Airlines and British Airways. The government required the airlines to divest some Heathrow slots to increase competition in the most tightly restricted markets.
If approved, Delta's Heathrow service from Boston and Miami would begin March 27, 2011, and would be offered in cooperation with its trans-Atlantic joint venture partners Air France-KLM and Alitalia.


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