Comments on: OpenSkies

By: Advantage: BA « BOEING777’s Editorial

Advantage: BA « BOEING777’s Editorial — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:32:30 +0000

[...] news in early January 2008 that the carrier was to press ahead with its own new premuim off-shoot, OpenSkies to the recent Boeing 777-200ER crash landing to the countdown to the big move over to Terminal 5 - [...]

By: Chris Wallace

Chris Wallace — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:53:21 +0000

While the lack of Seventh Freedom rights will prevent SQ from running a JFK-LHR-JFK service, they could now launch JFK-LHR-SIN(-SYD)-return services.

By: Openskies?

Openskies? — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:43:35 +0000

Odd that Brussels was selected. Theres not that much in the way of transatlantic demand for that route from the USA anyway.

Geneva would have been a better option. I wonder if AF-KLM use AZ as their open skies pet project in response?

Lufthansa seems to be the red herring here - a move for Bishops bmi perhaps??

By: Boeing Investor

Boeing Investor — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:40:32 +0000

To put it mildly, the abject omission will have pissed off the execs at AMR to the highest degree.

Quite extraordinary that this was not a collaborative venture.