Summary
- United Airlines’ application to fly between Guam and Tokyo Haneda has been denied by the US Department of Transportation.
- Hawaiian Airlines is now required to prove that it’s using the nighttime slots from Tokyo Haneda.
- The DOT will conduct a comparative selection proceeding to allocate slots for flights between Houston and Tokyo Haneda, considering public advantages and competition.
United Airlines’ plans to tackle Hawaiian Airlines slots for routes to Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND) from Guam have been scrapped. The US Department of Transportation (DOT) dismissed United Airlines’ application to fly five times per week between Guam and Haneda.
Application denied
First reported by the Pacific Day by day News, the DOT dismissed United’s request for the allocation of 5 weekly frequencies from the slot pair allocated to Hawaiian. United argued Hawaiian Airlines had been underusing these slots, and the corporate was able to use them for the traveling public.
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In a file seen by Easy Flying, the DOT stated:
This request was made at the identical time United Airlines filed an application to acquire some slots Delta Air Lines returned and employ them to institute day by day Houston-Tokyo Haneda service.
Hawaiian now must use these slots
United Airways argued that Hawaiian Airlines had been underusing the nighttime slots to serve the Kona/Honolulu-Haneda market. Furthermore, Hawaiian had didn’t publish solid plans to make use of the slots by the October 29 deadline.
Despite the Department of Transportation dismissing United’s request, the DOT left the door open for United to access these slots in the long run. Hawaiian is now forced to offer proof that it is definitely using the five nighttime slots from Tokyo Haneda. As reported by the Pacific Day by day News,
Currently, United Airlines flies from Guam to Tokyo Narita (NRT), situated further outside the town center. It operates 25 weekly flights, averaging between three and 4 day by day. United Airlines also flies from Guam to Fukuoka (day by day), Osaka Kansai (ten times per week), and Nagoya (11 times per week).
What in regards to the Houston-Tokyo Haneda slots?
United Airlines was also desirous about flying day by day from Houston to Tokyo Haneda. It planned to start out this service as quickly as December 1, 2023. Concurrently, American Airlines filed an application for a similar Delta Air Lines slots to start day by day year-round nonstop service between Latest York JFK and Tokyo Haneda.
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Attributable to the undeniable fact that each firms are applying for a similar slot pair, the DOT is instituting a comparative selection procedure. It expects to allocate the slot pair in the subsequent 90 days, with the petitions for reconsideration due on November 7 and the next procedural schedule for these submissions happening from November 9 to November 21 (this includes answers to petitions, amendments, supplements, answers, and replies). The DOT argued,
Moreover, the DOT will consider the results of every service proposal on the general competitive environment, including effects in the marketplace structure and on competition within the US-Japan market.
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