The US Department of Transportation (DoT) has awarded American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines additional rights to serve France from the USA. American can now offer seven weekly flights to Paris from Chicago and San Jose, while Delta is allowed seven weekly flights to France from New York and Atlanta. Delta plans to begin its expanded services in late October, while American will increase its flights in April. In addition, the DoT granted United the right to serve Paris from New York via codeshare arrangements, either with Lufthansa or British Midland. Meanwhile, American Airlines will begin two new daily non-stop services in December between San Jose, Maui and Miami. The airline is discontinuing daily Seattle-Anchorage services in November, citing disappointing traffic and revenue. Aloha Airlines is introducing weekly freight services between Honolulu, Maui and Hawaii, using a Boeing 737 convertible. Lufthansa is launching daily flights from Frankfurt to Denver and Phoenix at the start of its 2001 summer timetable on 25 March. The German flag carrier will also offer daily flights to Los Angeles and three-times-weekly services to Singapore and Hong Kong from its Munich hub in southern Germany. The Munich-originating flights are all being moved from Frankfurt, which will retain daily flights to all three destinations. A new three-times-weekly service from Munich to Sao Paulo will also be introduced. Midwest Express has named Kansas City, Missouri, its third hub. It will expand jet services from the city and develop a regional network operated by subsidiary Skyway Airlines. Northwest Airlines' winter timetable will include new services to Grand Cayman, West Indies; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and Montego Bay, Jamaica. JetBlue Airways is to begin a daily non-stop service between New York's JFK Airport and Salt Lake City, commencing 17 November.
Source: Flight International
