American Airlines to launch New York - Haneda in October

American Airlines, a founding member of the oneworld Alliance, has received authority from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to operate daily, year-round scheduled service from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Haneda Airport (HND) in Tokyo, Japan, starting 1 October 2010.

"We are very pleased to be able to start this new service between two of the world's principal financial centers. As we told DOT, we have long wanted to fly from New York to Haneda, the closest airport to downtown Tokyo," said Will Ris, American's Senior Vice President – Government Affairs. "The new service will strengthen our relationship with our oneworld partner, Japan Airlines (JAL), which has extensive operations at Haneda."

"The U.S. Department of State successfully negotiated an Open Skies accord with Japan in Dec. 2009 that clears the way for U.S. airlines to serve Haneda once the new agreement is signed," Ris added. "There has been no scheduled service between the U.S. and Haneda since Narita opened in 1978."

With almost 70 million annual passengers, Haneda is one of the busiest airports in the world. American will operate these new flights featuring 247-seat Boeing 777 aircraft, which hold 16 passengers in First Class, 37 in Business Class, and 194 in Economy Class.

American currently operates nonstop service to: Tokyo's Narita airport using Boeing 777 aircraft from Chicago (daily), Dallas/Fort Worth (twice daily), Los Angeles (daily), and New York JFK (daily). Under a codeshare arrangement between JAL and American, JAL displays its JL code on each of American's U.S.-Tokyo flights and American displays the AA code on daily flights operated by JAL between Narita and Chicago, Los Angeles, New York (JFK), and San Francisco.

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