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> http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article2283019.ece
>
> BA taunts rivals with US flights from European capitals
> Dominic O'Connell
>
> BRITISH AIRWAYS is to launch its first transatlantic flights from
> continental capitals next summer in a move that is expected to start a
> tit-for-tat battle with its large European rivals.
>
> The company's directors are understood to have given the go-ahead for
> the services within the past few weeks. A new "airline-within-an-
> airline" will use a fleet of modified Boeing 757s, smaller than the
> planes BA uses for its transatlantic flights from the UK.
>
> They are expected to fly from Brussels, Madrid and Paris to New York's
> John F Kennedy airport, although the final network is yet to be
> decided. It is thought the services will start in May.
>
> The flights will not be business-class only, as some had thought.
> Instead, they will have at least two classes, business and a less
> luxurious offering. It is not yet known whether this will be BA's
> normal economy seating or a type of premium-economy cabin.
>
> BA declined to comment on its plans, but Willie Walsh, the chief
> executive, has in the past made clear its intentions to start services
> from the Continent to America.
>
> The airline has been prevented from operating from other European
> countries by restrictive treaties governing air services. But last
> year Europe and America signed an "open skies" deal, removing most of
> the restrictions on where airlines from the two trading blocs could
> fly. The restrictions will be lifted from April next year.
>
> BA executives believe that the strength of its brand is such that it
> can lure passengers away from its big European rivals such as Air
> France and Lufthansa, even in their home markets. They also think the
> same is true in America, where the BA name has particular clout with
> business travellers.
>
> But Air France and Lufthansa are unlikely to take BA's invasion of
> their home turf lying down. European airlines could choose to follow
> BA's lead and start flights direct from Heathrow to the US, or, as
> some analysts believe more likely, donate precious landing slots at
> the London airport to their American partner airlines to allow them to
> compete head-on with BA.
>
> Air France and KLM are in a marketing alliance with America's
> Northwest and Delta, which are likely to have garnered sufficient
> slots from their European partners to start services from Heathrow
> from next March.
>
> BA also faces competition from a new wave of low-cost all-business-
> class airlines. Eos and MaxJet fly from Stansted to New York and other
> US destinations, while Silver-Jet flies from Luton to New York.
>
> Some airline executives believe that a major European airline could
> strike a franchise deal with one of the new carriers to mount a
> frontal assault on BA at Heathrow.
>
> Meanwhile, the US Department of Justice is this week expected to press
> ahead with its investigation into alleged price-fixing by airlines,
> including BA, and to announce details of any charges arising from its
> probe.
>
> BA is expected to plead guilty at a court hearing in Washington,
> having already accepted a fine. It is not clear whether there will be
> criminal charges against individuals, although the department is
> expected to name some former and current BA employees who are under
> investigation.
>
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