Continental files for 2nd IAH-BOG

RJQuilla says on Dec 6, 2007, 14:31:

Sounds like a winner!!!!!!

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juanalejo says on Dec 6, 2007, 15:35:

This seems to be a very unlikely route to materialize. The Colombian civil authorities and the FAA have agreed on 21 weekly additional frecuencies for airlines of each country during 2008, yet the DOT has been quite rightfully upset at airlines which have asigned frecuencies and have forced to use them or loose them. This is the case of AA which had 14 weekly frecuencies dormant and after threat by the DOT decided to reopen its Miami-Barranquilla route, challenged by Spirit and Jet Blue who were after those frecuencies, as well as extra flights to Medellin and Bogota. Additionally Barranquilla has now been declared open skies so AA has been left with 7 frecuencies on its hands which have been assigned temporarily to complete the second daily Miami-Medellin and third daily Miami-Bogota, but the DOT has told them this is temporary as those Barranquilla seven frecuencies have to be put back on the pool for all airlines to compete next year.

This is also the case of Continental who does not operate through the year its full allocation of frecuencies to Cali from Houston and might be subject to the same rulling by the DOT, unless of course it plans to use up its full daily Houston to Cali and the extra Houston to Bogota flights. And eventhough Spirit with its application for flights from Fort Lauderdale to Bogota and Medellín, Jet Blue with its application for flights from Orlando and Fort Lauderdale to Bogota, Delta with its application for flights from New York to Bogota and Atlanta to Medellin and Bogota and US Airways with its interest to operate from Charlotte to Bogota will definitelly put quite a bit of pressure on the DOT against airlines which have not fully used their their routes in these last years.

On the Colombian side Avianca has been awarded a second flight to New York from Bogota, a daily Bogota-Orlando, a daily Bogota-Washington D.C., up to six weekly Bogota - Los Angeles, extra New York - Barranquilla and Miami - Cartagena, plus Aerorepublica was awarded Bogota-Miami and Medellin-Miami and Aires Bogota-New York (they have already been awarded Bogota-Fort Lauderdale).

So if everything goes accordingly, cheaper tickets on the way.

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juanalejo says on Dec 6, 2007, 15:38:

All this in addition to the Fort Lauderdale-Cartagena flights that will begin operation in February, courtesy of Spirit Airlines.

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ColombianoGringo says on Dec 6, 2007, 15:45:

It'd be better if they gave a BOG-IAH route to another airline. Continental charges whatever they want because they have no competition on that route.

Even so, a red eye would be nice. I hate getting into Bogota at 9PM.

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toneloc24 says on Dec 6, 2007, 15:54:

Delta Airline said Thursday it amended its application with the U.S. Department of Transportation to increase service to Colombia .

In its revised application, the airline proposed three new flights, including daily nonstop service to Bogota from New York's John F. Kennedy airport and nonstop service to Cali and Medellin from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

The Medellin service will operate four times a week, and the service to Cali would operate three times weekly, said the airline.

Delta already operates daily nonstop flights between Atlanta and Bogota.

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RussianFred says on Dec 6, 2007, 19:45:

AA has added a 2nd flight to Medellin start 12/13/07. Lower fares are coming.

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RUV says on Dec 6, 2007, 19:48:

RussianFred,

Do you know what time it arrives to Medellin? The current one is around 9:00 PM.

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john_stark says on Dec 6, 2007, 19:51:

All these flights from Florida. I guess that's where the Colombianos are. Still I want more flights from the middle of the country, from DFW, Denver, Chicago.

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RussianFred says on Dec 6, 2007, 19:51:

It leave Miami at about 10-11 am and arrives 2-3 pm.

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RUV says on Dec 7, 2007, 09:53:

Thanks RF.

Maybe to early for us on the West Coast.

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