O2pilot

Guess we know where all those 787s and 777s we recently ordered are going to be flying. Can’t imagine that 6 more daily Widebody flights is a bad thing.

United preps for flights to Tokyo's Haneda airport from U.S.

Feb. 21, 2019 2:25 PM ET

United Airlines (UAL +0.3%) announced that it filed an application with the Department of Transportation for the rights to six daily nonstop flights to Tokyo Haneda Airport from U.S. airports.

The airlines hopes to start flying to Haneda by the summer of 2020 from Newark Liberty International Airport, Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Guam's A.B. Won Pat International Airport.

sailingfun

I think there are 14 US slots coming available. Delta, United, American, Hawaiian and a few other cats and dogs probably want them. Who gets awarded what will be interesting.

blockplus

United1 submits its Application for an allocation of six daytime slot pairs at Tokyo International Airport (“Haneda”) pursuant to the Department of Transportation’s (“Department”) Instituting Order, commencing the 2019 Haneda Combination Services Allocation Proceeding.2
United applies for a total of six Haneda slot pairs for daily, year-round, nonstop service to Haneda from the following hub cities in order of priority:
• First Priority: Three slot pairs for service to Haneda from Newark Liberty International Airport (“Newark Liberty” or “Newark/New York”), Chicago O’Hare International Airport (“Chicago”), and Washington-Dulles International Airport (“Washington, D.C.”).
• Second Priority: One slot pair for service to Haneda from Los Angeles International Airport (“Los Angeles”).
• Third Priority: Two slot pairs for service to Haneda from George Bush Intercontinental/Houston Airport (“Houston”) and A.B. Won Pat Guam International Airport (“Guam”).
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Common names are used for airlines.
See DOT Order 2019-2-5, Docket DOT-OST-2019-0014 (Feb. 7, 2019) (“Instituting Order”).
Application of United Page 2
United’s proposed Haneda service will offer new incremental service to Haneda from Newark/New York, Los Angeles and Guam to meet growing demand. The remaining proposed slot pairs for Chicago, Washington, and Houston service will shift United’s existing service from Narita International Airport (“Narita”) to Haneda to better serve consumers and communities across the United States. (See Exhibit UA-100) The end result will be Haneda and Narita service that is strategically deployed across the U.S. for maximum public benefit. (See Exhibit UA-101) Haneda would be served via East Coast hubs at Newark/New York and Washington, D.C. Chicago–Haneda service would benefit consumers in the Midwest and Houston–Haneda service aims to provide consumers an alternate hub to those likely proposed by American and Delta in the South and Southeast. West Coast consumers and communities would have the choice of Haneda service at either San Francisco International Airport (“San Francisco”) or Los Angeles. Finally, United would add to its existing Guam–Tokyo service the first ever daily, scheduled service between Guam and Haneda – allowing Guam’s tourism industry to compete effectively with Hawaii for the large Japanese market. As for Narita, United will continue to provide service from its East Coast hub at Newark/New York, from the central U.S. via Denver International Airport, which is well situated to connect Narita with more than 60 points across the central and eastern United States. United will also continue to serve Narita from its West Coast Asia/Pacific gateway at San Francisco, as well as from Los Angeles.

sailingfun

Turns out there are 12 slots coming open. US airlines have so far requested 19 slots. Someone is going to come up short!

BoJet

It’s only 3. The IAD ORD IAH flights will be shifted from NRT to HND. The EWR LAX GUM would be additional. If you apply for 6, you’ll probably get 2.

Monkeyfly

Watch us only get the shift flights approved.

awax

https://www.olympic.org/tokyo-2020

Isn’t this simply lift for the 2020 Olympics, I’d be surprised if there was a market for the increased life after the games are over.

sailingfun

To Tokyo via the HND airport?

catIIIc

You do know HND is in downtown Tokyo?

crflyer

I’m guessing that’s the exact point they were getting at by asking that question.