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British Airways PLC and American Airlines, seeking Antitrust Immunity for a trans-Atlantic alliance, dispute a rival carrier's claims that they dominate traffic in and out of London's Heathrow Airport. ... Source: www.reuters.com --- 59 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia are set to announce on Thursday they are applying for Antitrust Immunity from competition authorities in the United States and Europe in order to form a trans-Atlantic joint venture, the Financial Times reported in its online edition. ... Source: www.dallasnews.com --- 50 days ago
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Other airlines keep making the case for American Airlines and British Airways, who claim that there's sufficient competition at London Heathrow to let American and British Air have Antitrust Immunity together. On Tuesday, Continental Airlines said it would add a third round trip between Newark and London Heathrow on Oct. 25, going along with its two Heathrow flights from Houston. At the same time, it will end its Gatwick service. It currently has a round trip from Houston and Newark to Gatwick. So, unless I'm counting this wrong, it'll end up with one less London round trip: five total from Newark and Houston, compared to six today. Says Jim Compton, Continental's executive vice president of marketing: Our focus on Heathrow is a response to the changing realities of the marketplace. Our customers have shown a clear preference for Heathrow, and our main competitors have focused their operations there. We regret the need to end year-round operations at Gatwick, but it is imperative that we remain competitive and continue to meet the needs of our customers. Heathrow access has always been the stumbling block for American and British Airways to get government approval of their alliance. Opponents have complained that the two combined have too great a share of Heathrow's precious landing and takeoff slots. American and British Airways have retorted that other airlines can get slots and gain entry to Heathrow. So far, the major U.S. carr ... Source: aviationblog.dallasnews.com --- 25 days ago
The Allied Pilots Association followed up on its hotline with a press release Wednesday urging the Department of Transportation to postpone any decision on American Airlines' requst for Antitrust Immunity with British Airways and several other partners. The decision needs to be put off "to allow for a full examination of related national security, competitiveness and outsourcing issues," the union said. Says union president Lloyd Hill: Given the complexity of these proposed agreements, the many unknowns associated with them and other important considerations, we strongly recommend that any decision be deferred until a thorough analysis can be conducted. APA has major job-security concerns relative to what American Airlines is attempting to do, while other interested parties have voiced meaningful opposition to reduced competition among carriers. There simply isn't time for the federal government to conduct an appropriately thorough investigation in a matter of weeks, as American Airlines management has advocated. He further raises these points: "National security ramifications" of having American, a part of the nation's Civil Reserve Air Fleet, "engage in what amounts to a virtual merger with foreign counterparts"; "The potential outsourcing of more American jobs"; and APA's belief that the deal violates the union's scope clause that says that flying done on behalf of American will be done by American's pilots. ... Source: aviationblog.dallasnews.com --- 37 days ago
Sir Richard Branson has an op-ed piece in the Daily Telegraph on Friday attacking the American Airlines-British Airways-Iberia alliance. His airline, Virgin Atlantic Airways, competes with them, particularly at London's Heathrow Airport, so he doesn't like anything that would make them stronger. Sir Richard acknowledges that other airlines have gotten Antitrust Immunity with their partners on international routes. However, he says the BA/AA alliance "is different and ought to be stopped." Heathrow Airport, which accounts for nearly a quarter of all passengers travelling between Europe and the US, is totally unique. It is full, unlike Paris Charles de Gaulle and Frankfurt. Heathrow's owner, BAA, has confirmed many times the reality of what airlines face - the impossibility of getting slots there. The rare slot that does emerge is usually at a time of day that does not work for transatlantic carriers or is snapped up for huge sums of money, as US carriers have discovered to their cost. This situation makes it physically and financially impossible for any carrier to offer any meaningful level of competitive service, let alone attempt to replicate the network that BA/AA would have. For the full piece, read here . On Wednesday, American and British Airways responded to a filing by Virgin Atlantic with their own justification of the alliance and different numbers than Virgin Atlantic is using. Click here to see the Department of Transpo ... Source: aviationblog.dallasnews.com --- 101 days ago
The Financial Times says Thursday that three members of the Oneworld alliance, American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia, hope to apply for Antitrust Immunity in July so they can share revenues and profits. The word around Dallas-Fort Worth was that American and BA would join with Continental Airlines on an application to government regulators in May or June. But Continental decided to join the Star Alliance and work more closely with United Airlines. On Tuesday, airline analyst MIchael Derchin predicted an Antitrust application fairly soon. ... Source: business-times.asiaone.com --- 62 days ago
(LONDON) British Airways plc (BA) is confident that it can lodge an application in the US to seek Antitrust Immunity for an alliance with American Airlines (AA) this week, a source familiar with the matter said. ... Source: aviationblog.dallasnews.com --- 30 days ago
Virgin Atlantic Airlines chairman Richard Branson, a staunch opponent of the American Airlines-British Airways alliance, said Friday that the two airlines misrepresented the amount of traffic they control between the United States and London Heathrow. Mr. Branson summoned the U.K. media on Friday to lash out at the two carriers' application for Antitrust Immunity so they can cooperate on a whole bunch of things Mr. Branson and Virgin Atlantic would not like them cooperating on. The geographical center of his arguments is Heathrow, where he criticizes American's and British Airway's market positions. On Friday, he tried to punch holes in the American-BA filing last week that pooh-poohed their shares of the people flying between the U.S. and London, particularly Heathrow. ... Source: aviationblog.dallasnews.com --- 38 days ago
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd has come out vigorously against the American-British Airways alliance, and other carriers have said it shouldn't be approved unless American and British Airways surrender valuable landing and take-off slots at London's Heathrow Airport. In a filing Wednesday with the Department of Transportation, American and BA disputed Virgin Atlantic's contention that the two carriers control too much of the U.S.-Heathrow service. They said Virgin Atlantic alleges the two control 66 percent of the U.S.-Heathrow traffic and 74 percent of the New York Kennedy-Heathrow traffic. However, they said have less than that - 43.6 percent of U.S.-Heathrow bookings, 44.8 percent of New York-London bookings, 48.2 percent of New York-Heathrow bookings and 52.3 percent of New York Kennedy-Heathrow bookings. Those numbers are lower than on routes flown by competitors who have been given Antitrust Immunity for their international alliances, the two said. British Airways and American noted that on the six routes where they're the only non-stop carriers, they are most dominant on the Dallas/Fort Worth-London route with 79.3 percent of the daily traffic between the two communities. But that's also the smallest of the six routes, and, the airlines point out, more than one in five passengers are already using other airlines. We await the formal filings of Virgin Atlantic with great anticipation. ... Source: aviationblog.dallasnews.com --- 30 days ago
In an op-ed essay in a London newspaper last week , Virgin Atlantic chairman Richard Branson quoted Robert Crandall as Mr. Branson argued against the proposed American Airlines-British Airways alliance. He quoted Mr. Crandall's April comments in the New York Times: "The absence of competition never fosters better customer service." Probably wasn't a good idea. Mr. Crandall has responded on the Daily Telegraph's Web site , chiding Mr. Branson and defending the AA-BA application for Antitrust Immunity. Come now Richard. You have your own airline in the United States. You are well aware that American Airlines needs an agreement with British Airways to provide services beyond Heathrow into Europe; otherwise, it has no way to compete with United and Delta, which have similar rights with their partners Air France beyond Paris and Lufthansa beyond Frankfort. And you know that the BA/AA combination will have a smaller share of Heathrow operations than the other two alliances already have at Paris and Frankfort, respectively. The bottom line of all this is that having gotten your own operation in the transcontinental U. S. markets, you do not want to allow Britsh Airways and your U. S. competitors equivalent opportunities into Europe via Heathrow. Had you opposed the other alliances, or stayed out of the U. S. market, your protestations might have had some validity. As the world is, however,you are merely seeking protection from the very c ... Source: aviationblog.dallasnews.com --- 16 days ago
A few items from other blogs: * Holly Hegeman over at PlaneBuzz suggests why it may not be so bad for US Airways to charge $2 for a Coke, but very bad for Continental Airlines. (She also sticks a pin into the Air Transport Association's fuel-speculation comments from earlier in the week.) * Bill Swelbar at his Swelblog recently took Virgin Atlantic's Richard Branson to task for his opposition to the British Airways-American Airlines deal. In particular, he took offense at Sir Richard's position that Antitrust Immunity for American, British Airways and partner Iberia would let them monopolize key markets and drive up prices: This makes no sense to me whatsoever because if it is high prices you are worried about, then who better than your own Virgin Atlantic, to offer lower prices and show the air travel consumer that you are the answer to their high air fare plight. * Joe Brancatelli, writing on his Seat 2B column on Portfolio.com, makes the same point as we bought up in our 3 Idle Thoughts for Friday: What happens if the financial meltdown empties the first-class and business-class sections. Writes Joe: ... For every Lehman banker or Merrill Lynch broker who was laid off last week and now won't fly on business between New York and London, an airline will need to find 10 vacationers to take his place. And while 10 fliers paying $500 each in coach equals the revenue of one grounded banker, the profit margin isn't the same Another J ... Source: www.star-telegram.com --- 25 days ago
The pilots union says the proposal for Antitrust Immunity violates the scope clause in its labor contract. ... Source: www.star-telegram.com --- 59 days ago
By TREBOR BANSTETTER In a much-anticipated agreement, American Airlines said it will team up with British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia to cooperate on flights across the Atlantic. The three airlines have signed a joint deal that includes an application for Antitrust Immunity on transatlantic flights. If granted, the Immunity would allow them to coordinate schedules, operations, marketing and other functions in an unprecedented fashion. The airlines said the agreement will give customers more destinations, easier connections and easy integration of frequent-flier plans. The Antitrust application will also include Finnair and Royal Jordanian airlines. The airlines are already members of the Oneworld global airline alliance. But the new agreement, while not a merger, further strengthens ties among the carriers. The airlines' combined networks will serve 443 destinations in 106 countries, with 6,300 daily departures. Gerard Arpey, American's chief executive, said the deal would be an "important step" toward a financial recovery. The Fort Worth-based carrier has been shuddering under record fuel prices, and has lost more than $1 billion during the first half of the year. "There's no silver bullet in this economic climate, but this is one important piece of the puzzle of putting us on a solid financial footing," Arpey said. It's unclear how long it will take the transportation department to make a decision on the application. Arpe ... Source: chicagobusiness.com --- 2 days ago
(AP) — Federal regulators have asked United Airlines, Continental Airlines Inc. and their prospective partners in the Star Alliance for more information about their request to add Continental to an alliance that already enjoys Immunity from Antitrust laws. United and Continental agreed to ... ... Source: www.atwonline.com --- 80 days ago
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Delta Air Lines Inc. opposes Antitrust Immunity for American Airlines' proposed trans-Atlantic venture with British Airways Plc unless the two carriers give up ''significant'' flight slots at London's... ... Find more results for Antitrust Immunity on RSSMicro.com |
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Reuters - American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia are set to announce on Thursday they are applying for Antitrust Immunity from competition authorities in the United States and Europe in order to form a trans-Atlantic joint venture, the Financial Times reported in its online edition. ...