Delta Seeks to Add Service Between Heathrow and Boston, Miami

<p>Delta Air Lines has filed applications with the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Transportation requesting permission to operate twice-daily year-round service between London's Heathrow Airport and Boston, and daily year-round service between Heathrow and Miami.</p> <!--Session data--> <p>Delta's new service would step up competition with <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: rgb(255,255,150) 2px solid; display: inline; background: 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto" id="leoHighlights_Underline_0" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" leohighlights_underline="true" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_2/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Damerican%2520airlines%26domain%3Deditorial.modernagent.com" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_2/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Damerican%2520airlines%26domain%3Deditorial.modernagent.com" leohighlights_keywords="american airlines" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_0')">American Airlines. American is part of the oneworld alliance, which also includes British Airways, and holds 47 percent of Heathrow's takeoff and landing slots. The Star Alliance, which includes United Airlines, US Airways, BMI and Lufthansa, accounts for 25 percent of Heathrow's slots. SkyTeam, whose members include Delta, Air France-KLM and Alitalia, holds 5 percent of Heathrow's slots.</p> <p>The slots for the new service are available following the U.S. and E.U. governments' approval of an immunized trans-Atlantic alliance between <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: rgb(255,255,150) 2px solid; display: inline; background: 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto" id="leoHighlights_Underline_1" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" leohighlights_underline="true" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_2/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Damerican%2520airlines%26domain%3Deditorial.modernagent.com" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_2/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Damerican%2520airlines%26domain%3Deditorial.modernagent.com" leohighlights_keywords="american airlines" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_1')">American Airlines and British Airways. The government required the airlines to divest some Heathrow slots in order to enhance competition in the most tightly restricted markets.</p> <p>If approved, Delta's Heathrow service from Boston and Miami would begin March 27, 2011, and would be offered in cooperation with its trans-Atlantic joint venture partners Air France-KLM and Alitalia. Delta would offer two flights daily from Boston and one flight daily from Miami. 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