Lo posto qui in quanto inerente ad un'imminente espansione di AA, questa volta da LHR - visto che ha appena acquistato 2 coppie di slot da SAS per $75M.
Da notare che SAS ha venduto 4 coppie di slot a LHR negli ultimi due anni. Ne parliamo qui: http://www.aviazionecivile.org/vb/s...a-bancarotta?p=1668954&viewfull=1#post1668954
Da notare che SAS ha venduto 4 coppie di slot a LHR negli ultimi due anni. Ne parliamo qui: http://www.aviazionecivile.org/vb/s...a-bancarotta?p=1668954&viewfull=1#post1668954
American Airlines has confirmed it was behind the recent purchase of two slot pairs at Heathrow airport from Scandinavian Airlines.Last month we reported that SAS had sold two pairs of slots at the airport for the sum of US$75 million.
At the time the purchasing airline was not disclosed, but a line in AA’s first-quarter 2017 results, published yesterday, confirms that the carrier “Entered into an arrangement with Scandinavian Airlines to obtain two slot pairs at London’s Heathrow Airport, strengthening American’s presence at a key international gateway for American and joint business partner British Airways”.
AA’s president Robert Isom said that the carrier had “moved quickly on the opportunity to add two new slot pairs at Heathrow, which we will use to improve service to and from one of the world’s most important business markets”.
Note that under the terms of the purchase agreement, SAS is allowed to use both slot pairs for up to three years, so it may be a while before travellers see any increase in American Airlines routes or frequencies at Heathrow.
In 2015 SAS received the sum of US$60 million when it sold a single slot pair to an unnamed carrier (also believed to have been American Airlines). BT