Carriers seeking new US-Canada route authority include:
Delta Air Lines, which seeks immediate authority to operate two new non-stop flights each between Atlanta and Toronto, Atlanta and Montreal, and Salt Lake City and Vancouver. Delta also wants to connect Cincinnati with Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. It seeks additional Atlanta-Toronto flights when allowed;
USAir would fly immediately to Toronto from Pittsburgh and would begin service between Washington DC's National Airport and Toronto as soon as possible. Under the framework, USAir can connect Washington and Toronto as soon as a Canadian carrier is ready to fly the route;
America West Airlines has applied for authority to link Phoenix with Vancouver. It wants to provide two daily nonstop flights to Vancouver as early as 1 May;
Federal Express seeks to expand operations between the USA and Canada. It is asking for authority to operate between any US point to all points in Canada;
United Airlines seeks to connect San Francisco and Vancouver;
TWA is applying to link its St Louis hub with Toronto;
American Airlines plans to link Dallas/Fort Worth with both Vancouver and Montreal;
Northwest Airlines seeks to connect Minneapolis/St Paul with Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver;
Comair, a Delta Connection carrier, intends to fly between Cincinnati and Montreal and Toronto;
Reno Air is seeking service between Reno and Vancouver;
Continental Airlines wants permission to connect Montreal with New York/Newark and Houston. Newark-Vancouver and a Houston-Vancouver service is also proposed. Toronto would be linked with both Houston and Newark ;
Alaska Airlines wants to connect San Diego with Oakland and Vancouver;
AMR Eagle's Flagship plans a New York-Montreal hook-up;
Valujet is seeking Washington DC, Dulles to Montreal;
Air Canada is considering new or additional services to several cities, including Atlanta, Cleveland, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco;
Canadian Airlines is studying various possible destinations.
MORE THAN a dozen, US and Canadian airlines are seeking permission, to operate new trans-border routes. The move between the two countries comes as the two nations meet to negotiate a scrapping of bilateral restraints.
In December, the USA and Canada announced a breakthrough in negotiations over substantial liberalisation of their bilateral pact.
The two sides agreed late in 1994 to the immediate removal of most constraints on all-cargo services and to phase in competition at Canadian cities. New talks have been under way since 16 January.
The current bilateral agreement has remained substantially unchanged for two decades and nearly two-thirds of the 100 largest US cities are without non-stop service to Canada.
The framework calls for immediate removal of all restrictions on USA-Canada passenger service, except for new US-carrier access to Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. The restrictions would be dismantled in phases over 36 months.
The USA can add six carriers in 1995 and six in 1996, each operating twice daily at Montreal and Vancouver. Over the same period, the USA may add two carriers (each operating two daily frequencies) at Toronto. In 1997, the USA may add four carriers operating two daily frequencies each at Toronto.
Source: Flight International
