Toddnel

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/united...220928794.html

United gets tentative U.S. approval for flight to Tokyo Haneda

Feb 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Transportation on Friday tentatively approved plans by United Continental Holdings to operate a flight from San Francisco to Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
United had applied for the rights to fly into Haneda in October after American Airlines announced plans to end service between New York's John F. Kennedy International airport and the airport, which is the closest to Tokyo American said its Haneda flight was unprofitable.
Hawaiian Holdings had also sought the Haneda takeoff and landing rights with a proposal to offer service from Kona, Hawaii.
The Transportation Department said United's flight from San Francisco "would introduce a new U.S. carrier at Haneda and would promote competition by giving business and leisure travelers an additional choice for connecting service."
In a statement, Chicago-based United said it looked forward to completing the approval process for the Haneda service.
The route is part of an open-skies accord between the United States and Japan that allows four daily roundtrip flights at Haneda. The other flights are operated by Hawaiian from Honolulu; and Delta Air Lines from Los Angeles and Seattle, the Transportation Department's statement said.

cadetdrivr

This is awesome....as long as we don't drop something else to provide aircraft and manpower.

Toddnel

I am guessing 787. Since we just added a second IAH-NRT I am guessing demand won't allow for us to pull down a city.

guppyflyer

Proposed schedule:
UA875 SFO-HND 1920-2210 772
UA876 HND-SFO 0005-1750 772

El Guapo

I would bet 1 of the 2 daily 74's SFO-NRT gets down gauged to a 777 or 787

Coach67

No ... with our management ... they'll put a Guppy on it with stops in HNL and GUM.

Probe

American pulled out for a reason - they couldn't make it work. The slot time allotted is very bad.

Maybe Guam to Haneda would be a better call. Guppy or 777 (layover crews).

surfnski

Or 15 RJs with fuel bladders

Regularguy

Did you say 15 RJ pilots with big bladders?

Airhoss

I think he said big RJ pilots with full bladders.