British Airways operating IAH-DTW??? WTF?

[General Lee]

Cathay (HKG Airline) operates JFK-YVR. Is that OK, or should that too be stopped?

Is Vancouver a US city now? I think any airline can go between countries and carry pax. EVA was flying a 744 from Taipei to SEA, and then onto EWR. They are now going to introduce a 777-300ER nonstop to EWR. But, this has been happening for awhile, and no, they do not carry US pax between SEA and EWR.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Coool Hand Luke]

Not sure if they still do, but Lufthansa used to fly from DFW to IAH and then on to Germany.

 

[IronCityBlue]

The reason the routing is IAH-DTW-LHR is because BA is not able to fly IAH-LHR non-stop. DTW is an approved LHR destination per the Bermuda 2 agreement. In essance, BA is allowing IAH customers to access LHR via DTW instead of limting them to LGW. Right now, BA does offer a nonstop from IAH to London which goes to LGW. Once the openskies agreement is in effect, the Bermuda 2 agreement will no longer be in effect and BA will be able to operate from LHR to any airport they wish to.

Man what a waste. LHR is only 10 or 15 minutes more convienient than LGW despite the hype. You lose far, far more time than that trying to turn a heavy in a stop over city. I guess perception is reality for those customers.

 

[SuperFLUF]

Man what a waste. LHR is only 10 or 15 minutes more convienient than LGW despite the hype. You lose far, far more time than that trying to turn a heavy in a stop over city. I guess perception is reality for those customers.

Its probably more about the connections one can make at Heathrow vs. Gatwick