Japan: Airlines will have to fight for slots in Tokyo again
In the past few years, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Continental, and Hawaiian Holdings have repeatedly clashed about 4 slots reserved for US airlines at Tokyo Haneda. Now they're going to have to do it all over again. Last week, the DoT finalised its decision to start from scratch in allocating Haneda flights now that US airlines will no longer be limited to overnight operations there. Since late 2010, the US govt has been allowed to allocate 4 daily flights to Haneda, but all take-offs and landings have been relegated to the undesirable 10 p.m.-7 a.m. window. Japanese carriers have been allowed to operate another 4 daily roundtrips from Haneda to the US. All 4 US airlines that serve Haneda have been pushing the US govt to negotiate for better access to that critical airport. <br/>
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Japan: Airlines will have to fight for slots in Tokyo again
In the past few years, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Continental, and Hawaiian Holdings have repeatedly clashed about 4 slots reserved for US airlines at Tokyo Haneda. Now they're going to have to do it all over again. Last week, the DoT finalised its decision to start from scratch in allocating Haneda flights now that US airlines will no longer be limited to overnight operations there. Since late 2010, the US govt has been allowed to allocate 4 daily flights to Haneda, but all take-offs and landings have been relegated to the undesirable 10 p.m.-7 a.m. window. Japanese carriers have been allowed to operate another 4 daily roundtrips from Haneda to the US. All 4 US airlines that serve Haneda have been pushing the US govt to negotiate for better access to that critical airport. <br/>
