American Airlines seeks delay of Tokyo start-up
Fort Worth, Texas – American Airlines is asking for an extra month to start its new flights between New York and Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
American won approval for the route last summer, and was expected to begin by January 31. But a record with the Transportation Department asking to delay the start until March 1. American said in February are the slowest months of the year for bookings between mainland USA and Tokyo, and it would not start with what it called an "earnings penalty."
Just nine days after American said it would start the route on January 20, and offered extra frequent flier miles to anyone who bought a ticket.
Delta Air Lines Inc. was formed to start the same line at the end of January. It was granted an extension in the fall and now plans to begin flights on 19 February, "said Delta spokesman Kent Landers.
Hawaiian Airlines, which won the right to fly from Honolulu to Tokyo Haneda, said in an application that it does not object to the delay of the U.S. but it can add a second daily flight on the route of American have a "prolonged delay" in beginning their flights.
American is a unit of AMR Corp.
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