‘Open skies’ sees AA move to Heathrow

The open skies agreement between the United States and the European Union comes into effect on March 30th, and to ready itself for the new, freer flight routes, American Airlines plans to move three of its flights currently utilizing London Gatwick International Airport to Heathrow.

Starting form the 30th, one of American’s two daily flights to Dallas/Fort Worth and the flight to Raleigh/Durham will move to Heathrow’s new terminal. April 13th will see the second daily flight between London and Dallas/Fort Worth depart from Heathrow as well.

Senior vice president of American Airlines Henry Joyner says, “We want to strengthen our competitive position within the new ‘Open Skies’ regime, so it makes sense to focus our efforts in London at Heathrow. These changes do not impact the total number of American flights to and from London. We’ll operate up to 18 daily departures to Heathrow this summer from seven U.S. airports.”