1. Aeroflot representatives are quick to point out that their company, which now mostly serves international routes, is no longer connected to the Babyflots. 2. But as major airlines tried to compete against the new cut-rate carriers, they lost too much money and finally had to stop serving those routes. 3. Cathay also operates all-cargo flights into Canada each week and both Canadian Airlines and Air Canada serve Hong Kong routes. 4. In addition, American is hoping to assuage regulators by pledging to serve five routes where United and US Airways now compete. 5. McMullan said the new airline would initially serve routes to Brussels, Madrid and potentially Milan -- because of the availability of landing slots. 6. Nations Air, McDonald decided, would serve routes that USAir had long dominated, flying from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia to Boston and back every day. 7. Serving Comair routes from the Cincinnati hub presents a complex problem for Delta. 8. The airlines serving these routes have whole fleets of aircraft configured for shared cargo and passenger service. 9. The need for high-speed trains serving shorter routes extends beyond the Northeast to the Midwest, Texas and California. 10. The Zurich-Brussels route will be served by Swissair, while Sabena will take over Brussels-Geneva. |