The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has received submissions from American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and Hawaiian Airlines as part of an allocation proceeding for Tokyo Haneda slots that will come available for US carriers next year.
According to a DOT filing, under changes to the US-Japan Open Skies agreement made in January this year, US carriers will have access to 12 additional Haneda daytime slot pairs with the start of the 2020 summer traffic season (late March 2020).
At present, US carriers have access to five daytime slot pairs - allocated to American Airlines (one for Los Angeles International-Haneda service), Delta (two for Los Angeles-Haneda and Minneapolis St. Paul International-Haneda service), Hawaiian (one for Honolulu-Haneda service), and United (one for San Francisco-Haneda service) - and one nighttime/early morning slot pair allocated to Hawaiian for 3x weekly Kona-Haneda and 4x weekly Honolulu-Haneda service.
For the 12 additional Haneda daytime slots, the carriers put forward the following proposals:
Delta: Applied for six daily Haneda slot pairs for use in serving the following US cities:
- Seattle Tacoma International (daily, year-round);
- Detroit Metropolitan (daily, year-round);
- Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson (daily, year-round);
- Portland International (daily, year-round);
- Honolulu (daily, year-round);
- Honolulu (second daily, year-round).
United: Applied for six daily Haneda slot pairs for use in serving the following US cities:
- New York Newark (daily, year-round)(1st priority);
- Chicago O'Hare (daily, year-round)(1st priority);
- Washington Dulles (daily, year-round)(1st priority);
- Los Angeles International (daily, year-round)(2nd priority);
- Houston Intercontinental (daily, year-round)(3rd priority);
- Guam International (daily, year-round)(3rd priority).
American Airlines: Applied for four daily Haneda slot pairs for use in serving the following US cities:
- Dallas/Fort Worth (daily, year-round);
- Los Angeles Int'l (daily, year-round);
- Dallas/Fort Worth (second daily service, year-round);
- Las Vegas Harry Reid (daily, year-round).
Hawaiian Airlines: Applied for three daily Haneda slot pairs for use in boosting its existing daily Honolulu services. The application is for year-round service.
Replies to the applications are due by March 7 with a formal decision due later in the year. Successful applicants will then have to submit applications to the Japanese authorities for Haneda takeoff and landing slot times by October 2019.
