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US airlines win nod to operate day-time flights to Tokyo's Haneda
FOUR US airlines - American, Delta, Hawaiian and United - have received provisional approval from US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to launch new daytime services to Tokyo's Haneda International Airport.
The airlines are seeking to make their various Haneda connections from Los Angeles, Honolulu, San Francisco and Minneapolis, reported London's Air Cargo News.
The airlines have requested permission to operate five flights a day to Tokyo, and hope to commence services from as early as this autumn.
Only the sealing of new agreement between the US and Japan has made these new daytime links a possibility. In February, the US and Japan completed a successful negotiation to amend the two nations' bilateral Open Skies agreement.
The amendment provides that, effective October 30, the four existing US night-time slot pairs at Haneda will be transferred to daytime hours.
In addition, one new daytime flight opportunity and one new night-time slot became available for US carrier scheduled passenger services.
Commenting on the choice of these four carriers, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) said that it "sought to maximise public benefits based on the carriers that offered and could maintain the best ongoing service between the US and Tokyo."
Only Hawaiian Airlines applied for the single night-time opportunity made available under the agreement. In May, Mr Foxx announced the decision to allow Hawaiian to operate a service between Kona and Haneda, and between Honolulu and Haneda.
The airlines are seeking to make their various Haneda connections from Los Angeles, Honolulu, San Francisco and Minneapolis, reported London's Air Cargo News.
The airlines have requested permission to operate five flights a day to Tokyo, and hope to commence services from as early as this autumn.
Only the sealing of new agreement between the US and Japan has made these new daytime links a possibility. In February, the US and Japan completed a successful negotiation to amend the two nations' bilateral Open Skies agreement.
The amendment provides that, effective October 30, the four existing US night-time slot pairs at Haneda will be transferred to daytime hours.
In addition, one new daytime flight opportunity and one new night-time slot became available for US carrier scheduled passenger services.
Commenting on the choice of these four carriers, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) said that it "sought to maximise public benefits based on the carriers that offered and could maintain the best ongoing service between the US and Tokyo."
Only Hawaiian Airlines applied for the single night-time opportunity made available under the agreement. In May, Mr Foxx announced the decision to allow Hawaiian to operate a service between Kona and Haneda, and between Honolulu and Haneda.
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