China, China, China is all we hear about in international business these days and the aviation industry is not exempt. On May 23rd, the U.S. and China announced a more liberal aviation bilateral agreement that will allow three new U.S. airlines to fly to China- 1 in 2007 and 2 in 2009.
http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=8995
U.S. airlines are flooding the U.S. Transportation Department with applications for new routes to China. The only non-stop route including LAX is being proposed by United Airlines. In January 2007, the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded United a new route to China with the first ever capital-to-capital flight of Washington-Dulles to Beijing on March 28th.
http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.htmlstoryID=7562
http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=7872
http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=8400
United is competing against other airlines that also have set-up online petitions for new China routes.
On July 25, United sent emails to its Los Angeles area Mileage Plus members asking them to sign an electronic petition in support of United's bid for an LAX-Shanghai route. The petition is addressed to U.S. Transportation Department Secretary Mary Peters. United claims in the email that, "Currently, Los Angeles, with a population of more than 18 million, is the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. without nonstop service to China by a U.S. carrier. We believe strongly that this route is necessary for the convenience of our travelers to China." If awarded, United would begin LAX-Shanghai flights on March 25, 2009. Presently, only China Eastern Airlines provides non-stop service on the LAX-Shanghai route. There is one catch to United's application- if LAX is rejected, then United wants a Washington Dulles-Shanghai route.
UA's petition: http://www.united.com/page/article/0,6722,52274,00.html
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/search/autosuggest.jsp?docid=256530&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aviationnow.com%2Favnow%2Fnews%2Fchannel_comm_story.jsp%3Fview%3Dstory%26id%3Dnews%2FCHIF07187.xml
American Airlines is pushing for a Chicago-Beijing route. American lost a previous bid of Dallas/Fort Worth to Beijing when it could not get its pilots union to agree to a longer duty time to support the flight. AA modified the route application to DFW-Chicago-Beijing to comply with the pilot's union contract.
http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=7332
http://www.aa.com/content/amrcorp/pressReleases/2007_07/16_china.jhtml
AA's petition: http://www.flytochinaonaa.com/
Continental Airlines has proposed a New York/Newark-Shanghai route. The flight would start in Cleveland, go to Newark Airport and then onto Shanghai.
http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/content/company/shanghai.aspx
CO's petition: http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/content/company/petition.aspx
Delta Airlines is requesting permission to fly Atlanta-Shanghai and Altanta-Beijing.
http://news.delta.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=10781
DL's petition: http://www.nextgatewaytochina.com/
Northwest Airlines has applied for Detroit-Shanghai and Detroit-Beijing routes.
http://www.nwa.com/corpinfo/newsc/2007/pr071620071861.html
NW's petition: http://www.nwa.com/features/chinabid/
MaxJet, the all business class Boeing 767 airline, is a surprise candidate in proposing a Shanghai-Seattle route with continuing same-plane service to LAX.
http://www.maxjet.com/docs/7_17_07_China_application.pdf
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/search/autosuggest.jsp?docid=256530&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aviationnow.com%2Favnow%2Fnews%2Fchannel_comm_story.jsp%3Fview%3Dstory%26id%3Dnews%2FCHIF07187.xml
USAirways seeks to expand its flights to China with a new Philadelphia-Beijing flight. The flight will originate in Charlotte, NC.
http://www.usairways.com/awa/content/aboutus/pressroom/newservice/index.aspx?c=00241_hp_china
US's petition: http://www.choicestochina.com/
More reading:
Air Transport World story on China route applications:
http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=9574
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