IAD and DCA Airport News and Developments

[shakman]

AeroMexico will commence daily service to Mexico City starting May 21, 2012 utilizing a 73G equipment.
http://airlineroute.net/2012/03/06/am-iadjfk-s12/

Delta will add a second daily flight from DCA to SLC. This service will being June 7, 2012.
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=960...-washington-dc

[paytonc]

The new DCA outside-perimeter flights are being announced:

Originally Posted by shakman

Delta will add a second daily flight from DCA to SLC. This service will being June 7, 2012.
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=960...-washington-dc

United will add a daily flight DCA-SFO; AA will add DCA-LAX (already covered by AS); US is still considering its options.

[shakman]

Based upon DOT approval Virgina America will commence 2x Daily service from DCA to SFO. Along with United's new service to SFO, DCA could have a total of 3x daily filghts between both destinations.

With the expansion of JetBlue and new service by Virgin America, I hope to air fares continue be less in and out of DCA.

[Itus]

Congrats to IAD...

Emirates to Launch New Service to Washington, DC
Non-stop daily flights starting September 12th
PR NewswirePress Release: Emirates Airline – 55 minutes ago

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- America's capital will soon enjoy enhanced international connections through a non-stop link to Emirates' global network, after the airline announced that it would start flights to Washington Dulles International Airport beginning on September 12, 2012.

Emirates will operate the American manufactured Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft on its Washington, DC route, providing eight private suites in First Class, 42 lie-flat beds in Business Class and 304 seats in Coach.

"As Emirates' seventh U.S. gateway and our third new American route to launch in 2012, Washington, DC is a significant next step as we continue to expand our services across the country," said His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline & Group. "From opening new gateways and creating thousands of American jobs through our aircraft orders; boosting trade and creating U.S. export-related jobs by bridging America with key markets across the world; to enhancing the services our customers enjoy in the air and on the ground through continuously upgrading our product, services and fleet, Emirates is a committed supporter of U.S industry."

"The arrival of Emirates to Washington Dulles International Airport means travelers in the DC metropolitan area will have one more choice of international airlines and convenient access to Emirates' continuously expanding global network," said John E. Potter, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority President and Chief Executive Officer. "Emirates will provide an important economic boost by introducing the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia to more markets for business, trade and tourism."

Emirates is a steadfast supporter of U.S. job creation and innovation, employing American suppliers for a wide range of goods and services, such as the design of the airline's First Class cabins, the manufacture of its window shades, aircraft wings and landing and runway technology.

One of the key job creation drivers is Emirates' Boeing 777 order book, which includes 85 777-300ERs and nine 777 Freighters. According to Boeing, this 94 airplane-backlog represents more than one year of 777 production. The airline's most recent order in November 2011 for 50 Boeing 777-300ERs fitted with American-made GE90 engines, plus options for 20 more aircraft is worth a total of $26 billion at list prices and will support over 100,000 skilled American jobs* in more than a dozen states.

Emirates currently employs over 700 Americans at operations throughout the world, and anticipates hiring more than 4,000 cabin crew and 500 pilots globally this year. In the first two months of 2012, the airline has recruited cabin crew in Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle and Washington, DC. Emirates will also be holding pilot recruitment drives in the coming months.

"Virginia is now competing in the global marketplace for jobs, investments and opportunities and travelers from Virginia and throughout the U.S. will have new options for directly reaching overseas trade partners using this non-stop service from Dulles to Dubai, and then connecting to Emirates' network of more than 120 worldwide destinations," said the Governor of Virginia, Bob McDonnell. "This service represents the expansion of Virginia's global business connections, and will help the economies of Virginia and our nation to grow by making it easier to connect Virginia with some of the fastest growing economies in the world."

The greater Washington, DC region is highly diverse, with over 15 per cent of its population born outside the U.S. The region is home to more than 1,000 international institutions and over 1,000 foreign-owned companies from approximately 50 countries.

Emirates' network currently encompasses 122 cities globally, with 22 destinations in Africa, 17 in the Middle East and 18 in the Far East and Australasia. The airline also operates over 200 flights each week to the Indian Subcontinent and Pakistan. Emirates' flights to Dubai offer quick and convenient connections to an extensive range of destinations, with Bangkok, Delhi, Manila, Johannesburg, Dar Es Salaam, Nairobi, Mumbai and Bangalore all connecting in less than four hours.

Customers travelling to and from the United States can also benefit from Emirates' partnerships with Jet Blue, American Airlines, Virgin America and Alaska Airlines. Passengers connecting to or from Emirates' U.S. flights from these airlines will enjoy a range of benefits, including one-stop check in and checked through baggage.

Starting September 12th, EK 231 will leave Dubai daily at 2:20 am and arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) at 8:50 am. EK 232 will depart Dulles at 10:55 am arriving in Dubai at 8:00 am the following day.

Washington, DC will be Emirates' 11th new route to launch in 2012. So far this year, the airline has started services to Dublin, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Dallas/Fort Worth, Seattle, Lusaka and Harare. Flights to Ho Chi Minh City start on June 4th and Barcelona and Lisbon will join the Emirates' network on July 3rd and July 9th respectively.

*Figure calculated using U.S. government job creation estimates for U.S. built aviation exports

About Emirates

Emirates currently serves 122 cities around the globe with a young and technologically advanced fleet of 170 wide-bodied aircraft that are equipped with industry-leading comforts in the air.

Renowned for its excellence in service and innovation, both on board and on the ground, Emirates holds an impressive array of prestigious awards, most recently including Air Transport World's 2011 "Airline of the Year" award and Frommer's selection of the Emirates Lounge at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport as one of the 2011 "Top Airport Lounges in North America."

Media Contact: Marvin Singleton
Hill+Knowlton Strategies
Tel: (214) 686-0259
marvin.singleton@hkstrategies.com

pulled from here: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/emirat...120000601.html

[shakman]

WOW!!! I have been waiting for this announcement. Recently, my father flew United to Dubai and said the plane looked to be 90% full. Now that United's Dubai flight will continue to Doha later this year, I was hoping for this announcement to come soon.

Relative to aviation, I read somehwere that the DC area is the second busiest Middle East market in the U.S. Number one being NYC.
Another link. This one is from Emirates:
http://www.emirates.com/english/abou...19068&offset=0

[shakman]

Due to the extra slots beyond the 1250 radius rule, US Airways will commence non-stop daily A319 service to San Diego, CA. This service will start June 8, 2012.

http://airlineroute.net/2012/03/22/us-dcasan-jun12/

I think this is the final slot from the latest batch. The other recent batch of slots belong to Delta (SLC), United (SFO) and American (LAX).

[shakman]

United will re-introduced 767-300ER equipment on its service to CDG starting June 7, 2012. Finally...
http://airlineroute.net/2012/03/26/ua-iadcdg-jun12/


Saudi Arabian will increase their weekly service to Riyadh from 1x weekly to 3x weekly. This extra service will use a 772. Based upon the text of the article the extra service will commence Summer 2012.
http://airlineroute.net/2012/03/26/sv-jediad-s12/

Currently Saudi Araibian has non-stop service to Jeddah, Riyadh and on a seasonal basis to Medina.

[shakman]

KLM to add freqeuncy of service to AMS during the summer season from daily to 10x weekly. Extra frequency of service will utilize an A332 equipment. In addition, as previously posted, KLM will increase capacity on this route by introducing A333 service.
http://airlineroute.net/2012/03/28/kl-iad-jul12/

[Itus]

Lufthansa pegs Dulles as first 747-8 destination (update1)
By
Jon Ostrower
on March 29, 2012 2:02 PM

Lufthansa has announced Washington, DC's Dulles International Airport will be the German airline's first destination for its 747-8 Intercontinental, which will be delivered around April 23, according to Lufthansa Technik.

The company did not specify a date for the aircraft's planned daily operation from it Frankfurt base to Dulles, but will replace its 747-400 on the route, operating as Lufthansa flight 419, says Cristoph Franz, the carrier's president and chairman.

The three-class 386-seat 747-8 features the company's new business class product and Boeing's 787-style bins and LED lighting.

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/fl...hansas-fi.html

[shakman]

This will make my plane spotting at IAD even better.

[k25150]

Cool sight indeed.

[shakman]

On March 31, 2012 Aerosur, which had service to IAD, has ceased operations. It seams like there were some conflicts between Aerosur and the Bolivian Government, who launched Bolivian de Aviacion after the failure of Lloyd Aero Boliviano (LAB).

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...ations-370271/

This will be the second Bolivian airline to cease operations which had service to IAD. The other being LAB. This leaves one direct flight left to Bolivia; Avianca to La Paz via Bogota.

[shakman]

United will cancel Dulles - Accra service effective July 3, 2012.

UNITED Ends Service to Accra from July 2012; Copenhagen from late-Sep 2012
by JL
Update at 0205GMT 04APR12

As per 03APR12 GDS inventory display, UNITED is closing 2 Trans-Atlantic routes, with Accra service cancelled from 03JUL12 and Copenhagen terminated from 26SEP12.

Reservation for these routes has been zero’d out on Tuesday night Eastern time.

Existing schedules:
Newark – Copenhagen Service cancelled from 26SEP12
UA122 EWR1735 – 0735+1CPH 752 x12
UA123 CPH0905 – 12000EWR 752 x23

Washington Dulles – Accra Service cancelled from 03JUL12
UA990 IAD2243 – 1330+1ACC 763 x13
UA991 ACC2215 – 0505+1IAD 763 x24

http://airlineroute.net/2012/04/04/ua-acccph-cxld/

...well we can't have it all...

[shakman]

On April 6th, AeroSur has resumed operations to IAD.
http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/airline.php?cha=5L

I hope this is the end of AeroSur's problems. I enjoy watching their colors coming into Dulles.

[ralacerda]

Someone can tell me what period of the day the immigration/customs lines are smaller in the C gates? I´ll have a conexion and i´m afraid to miss it.

[shakman]

Originally Posted by ralacerda

Someone can tell me what period of the day the immigration/customs lines are smaller in the C gates? I´ll have a conexion and i´m afraid to miss it.

Since I am not too familiar with the FIS at the C-Concourse, I cannot give you a definitve answer. However based of off the flight time table and passenger traffic at the IAB, I would think late morning and late night are the least busy time frames.

I would think early to mid-afternoon hours would be the worst time since most flights from Europe and some Middle East flights are arriving.

I hope I was able to help answer your question.

[ralacerda]

Originally Posted by shakman

Since I am not too familiar with the FIS at the C-Concourse, I cannot give you a definitve answer. However based of off the flight time table and passenger traffic at the IAB, I would think late morning and late night are the least busy time frames.

I would think early to mid-afternoon hours would be the worst time since most flights from Europe and some Middle East flights are arriving.

I hope I was able to help answer your question.

Thank you, shakman!

[shakman]

United will resume daily service to Fort Lauderdale /Hollywood (FLL).
http://airlineroute.net/2012/04/16/ua-iadfll-nov12/

UNITED Resumes Washington – Ft. Lauderdale Service from Nov 2012

by JL


Update at 1000GMT 16APR12

From 04NOV12, UNITED is resuming Washington Dulles – Ft. Lauderdale service, after 4 years of service suspension. The Star Alliance member will operate Boeing 737-800 aircraft on this route on daily basis. UNITED last operated service on this route on 01SEP08, with its low-cost subsidiary Ted.

Schedule:

UA135 IAD1740 – 2017FLL 738 D
UA141 FLL1823 – 2100IAD 738 D

[shakman]

Alaska Airlines: DCA - PDX
http://airlineroute.net/2012/05/29/as-fall12/

jetblue Airways: DCA - SJU
http://airlineroute.net/2012/05/30/b6-sjudca-aug12/

New Airlines
Southwest Airlines: DCA - AUS
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/southw...152400758.html

Virgin America: DCA - SFO
http://airlineroute.net/2012/05/30/vx-sfoiad-aug12/

[shakman]

Once again Aerosur has ceased service to-and-from Dulles. It is of no surprise since IMO the Bolivian market was over-saturated with destination from IAD. Currently the only direct service to Bolivia is with Avianca via Bogota. Avianca's five of the seven weekly flights continue on to La Paz, Bolivia.

Though I will miss Aerosur's "Shark" livery.