New airline flights to China

[mikem]

I do not know if all have seen this yet but thought i would post just received from FLY China in my e-mail..

 

CONTINENTAL, AMERICAN GET US-CHINA FLYING RIGHTS

 

The Dept. of Transportation (DOT) tentatively decided

Feb. 22, 2005 to choose Continental and American to

become new entrants in the U.S.-China market,

enabling Continental to start daily Newark-Beijing

service as early as March 25 and American to launch

daily Chicago-Shanghai service a year later.

 

The DOT said Continental warranted the first pick

because the lack of U.S. carrier nonstop service

between the New York area and China is the "most

serious service deficiency." It chose American for

2006 because it would provide "the strongest

competitive challenge to Northwest and United" in

the U.S.-China market.

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AIR CHINA ADD FLIGHTS IN SUMMER 2005

 

In Summer 2005, Air China will add more non-stop

flights in its US-China routes. Beginning on

July 2, 2005, Air China will fly New York-Beijing

daily. Beginning on July 6, 2005, Air China will

fly Los Angeles-Beijing 6 days a week. Air China

will also fly San Francisco-Beijing 5 days a week,

beginning on March 27, 2005. In addition, Air China

has code-shared with United Airlines to offer 4

additional daily non-stop flights to Beijing and

Shanghai out of United gateway cities Chicago and

San Francisco.

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[lele]

Wow!

 

Now if the EWR to Beijing Flight can only be as cheap as the JFK to Beijing Flight is! It is even easier for those of us in the NE to get to (since JFK is packed and the A line has been damaged in a recent fire).