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Planned Service That Never Started  
User currently offlineUSAirALB From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4947 times:

I'm jus curious at how many routes airlines have planned but never started..

I think DLX announced ALB-TPA but it never started.

TWA STL-NRT
AA BOS-NRT

79 replies: All unread, showing first 25:
 
User currently offlineMOBflyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4943 times:

Mobile Jet Express: MOB-EWR, MOB-MDW, MOB-ATL

User currently offlineExaauadl From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4906 times:

Add US PHL-Asia........Did UA ever announce LAX-GRU in 2001 or so?

I am sure there must have been quite a few after 9/11.

IN 1978 NW announced MSP-PIA-ATL-MIA but never flew it

User currently offlineRidgid727 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4906 times:

Frontier (Lynx) DEN-MSO

User currently offlineUSAirALB From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 4, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4885 times:



Quoting Exaauadl (Reply 2):
Did UA ever announce LAX-GRU in 2001 or so?

I think they did....

Quoting Exaauadl (Reply 2):
Add US PHL-Asia

Funny. TLV starting this year and thats in Asia and China next year...should be loaded in to route maps and schedule early summer.

Didn't CO announce like all these LGA routes to like ALB/BUF...etc and Florida?

User currently onlineB747forever From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4871 times:

Well recently DL planned JFK-GOT but unfortunately they have terminated this route before even flying it.

User currently offlineThomasphoto60 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 6, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4847 times:

IAH-ABZ via City Star Airlines


Thomas

User currently onlineSTT757 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 7, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4836 times:



Quoting USAirALB (Reply 4):
Didn't CO announce like all these LGA routes to like ALB/BUF...etc and Florida?

CO did purchase Eastern's LGA slots after their demise and flew nonstop from LGA to ATL, BUF, DTW, BDA, FLL, RSW, SRQ, MIA, MSY, PBI, MCO, TPA from '91-'92. They did operate those flights.

User currently offlineUSAirALB From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 8, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4832 times:



Quoting STT757 (Reply 7):
CO did purchase Eastern's LGA slots after their demise and flew nonstop from LGA to ATL, BUF, DTW, BDA, FLL, RSW, SRQ, MIA, MSY, PBI, MCO, TPA from '91-'92. They did operate those flights.

But it was like right before 9/11 with regional jets..even to Florida

User currently onlineSTT757 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 9, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4816 times:



Quoting USAirALB (Reply 8):
But it was like right before 9/11 with regional jets..even to Florida

They were flying some ERJs from LGA to GSO, GSP etc. but that was when the DOT dropped the slot rules, the DOT then had a slot auction which CO lost those slots and thus dropped the routes.

User currently offlineHikesWithEyes From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 10, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4816 times:

Transamerica Airlines announced service JFK/TLV in the early 80s, sold seats on it, but
never launched the service.

User currently offlineKiwiandrew From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 11, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 4715 times:

QF had announced SYD-SCL nonstop at one point , they then changed it to SYD-EZE nonstop before service commenced

User currently offlineTreebeard787 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 12, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 4688 times:

HP was planning to operate flights from PHX to SYD via HNL with 747s in the early 90s but that for obvious reasons never happened.

User currently offlineKiwiandrew From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 13, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 4673 times:

UA had announced ORD-DEL nonstop but after the events of 11/09/2001 it never went ahead

User currently offlineAf773atmsp From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 14, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 4637 times:

BD applied to start MAN-MSP I think in 2000 but like AM applied to serve many cities in the U.S. but never served them.

An international carrier was going to start service to MSP in fall 2008 but for some odd reason was never announced.

AM applied for MEX-MSP but of course like many other cities never started service to.

These routes weren't actually announced but there was many talk in the 1990s and 2000s of BA starting LHR-MSP (but couldn't because of Bermuda II) and LH starting FRA-MSP (went to PDX instead).

User currently onlineOA412 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 15, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 4629 times:

AA JFK-NCL, DL ATL-FRA-DEL, OA ATH-HKG. Can't think of any others right now.

Quoting USAirALB (Reply 4):
Quoting Exaauadl (Reply 2):
Did UA ever announce LAX-GRU in 2001 or so?

I think they did....

UA flew LAX-GRU briefly in the early 90s. Perhaps you're thinking of the application they submitted to the DOT requesting rights for LAX-EZE? Those rights went to DL for ATL-EZE and CO EWR-EZE. DL started the route but CO did not due to the softening of the Argentine economy at that time and the rights eventually went to AA for DFW-EZE.

User currently offlineCALMSP From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 16, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 4620 times:

basically every RJ flight out of EWR was goign to be flown with RJ's out of LGA as well. But was cut back after 9/11.  Sad

User currently offlineL1011Lover From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 17, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 4604 times:

TWA, after suspending service from JFK to FRA in january1997 actually had plans in late 2000/early 2001 to return to FRA from STL. They even wanted to make it flight TW740/741 the flight number it was (from JFK) but this of course never materialized... and TWA was bought out by AA... the rest is history!

Best regards

L1011Lover

User currently offlineATTart From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 18, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 4552 times:



Quoting OA412 (Reply 15):
UA flew LAX-GRU briefly in the early 90s.

I worked that flight.. It, was on a SP.. Oh, I loved that airplane..

User currently offlineMalaysia From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 19, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 4505 times:

STL-NRT was going to be fun with a 762 MCO-STL-NRT

User currently offlineSimairlinenet From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 20, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 4476 times:

Northwest:
AMS-BLR
DTW-MAD
KIX-CGK

User currently offlineCALMSP From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 21, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 4457 times:



Quoting Simairlinenet (Reply 20):

how long ago did they have Jakarta service planned?? and why not NRT?

User currently offlineCOalways From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 22, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 4438 times:

Continental Airlines EWR-LOS

User currently offlineSan747 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 23, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 4408 times:



Quoting Malaysia (Reply 19):
STL-NRT was going to be fun with a 762 MCO-STL-NRT

Wow... Can a 762 make STL-NRT? Well, if ever was there an airline I would fly on a route that long with a plane that small, TW would be it.

Quoting COalways (Reply 22):
Continental Airlines EWR-LOS

What was the story with this route?

User currently offlineVhqpa From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 24, posted (4 years 3 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 4387 times:

Ones I can think of is AA were going to start JFK-NCL never did. in 2001 QF were going to add a ORD tag on to their QF93/94 MEL-LAX flight but never did. in 2004 DJ were going to start PER-KGI which got cancelled before the first flight. more recently GA were going to restart DPS-BNE in December but cancelled due to poor bookings.




Vhq

25 MAH4546: From MIA, all of the following were loaded in GDS systems but never launched: Air Madrid, MIA-MAD, spring 2005 American Airlines, MIA-ASU, spring 1999
26 Super80DFW: Wasn't NW going to start LGA-DFW just a few years ago? I think I remember alot of controversy over that whole cancellation. Also, I knew DL/OH were go
27 Legacyins: SAS tried twice to start their SFO route.
28 PSU.DTW.SCE: NW DTW-MAD summer 2003 - DC10 DFW-LGA 2007 - A319 AMS-BLR 2005 - A332 AA ORD-AMS 1999 ORD-SVO 1999
29 CXfirst: Emirates announced DXB-CPH, however this was cancelled after the 'pictures', although officially, this is not the reason. Virgin Atlantic had announce
30 NWADC9: NW PIT-AMS KLM PIT-AMS Mainly ideas floating around the ACAA's little head and the airlines playing mind games with them. DL eventually took the bait,
31 Bochora: EK's EDI-DXB route planned but then moved to GLA
32 ZK-NBT: That was via AKL I'm pretty sure. To replace the LAN service in 2003. QF never had an official press release but they did announce AKL-DFW in 2001 wi
33 Tommy767: Yes, back in I think 2007 because AA started flying LGA-MSP with S80s. This was in retaliation by NW that never came to terms (and a good thing it di
34 Post contains links Kiwiandrew: nope I am referring to a May 2007 press release http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/dyn.../details?ArticleID=2007/may07/3589 ...."We expect to operate o
35 PITrules: Not sure if that counts; AMS was never announced. However, you can add USAir PIT-NRT/MAN. Both applied for (~1989), and MAN was subsequently announce
36 JoKeR: Plenty that I can remember regarding BEG JU, past few years BEG-SOF BEG-POW BEG-ZAG BEG-OTP BEG-WAW BEG-BUD BEG-JFK BEG-YYZ BEG-JNB And to BEG DL JFK-
37 OkAY: AY planned to start HEL-KUL but it never happened. okAY
38 Af773atmsp: There was a thread about it. I'll try to look for it and post the link.
39 Mayor: IIRC, sometime in '85 or '86, DL had planned a SLC-MSY nonstop. Even had the city timetables all printed up and all the publicity going on and about t
40 MSYtristar: Here's an obscure one. Sunworld International Airlines was going to start a once-weekly service on MSY-GCM in the late 90's with a 72S. The flight was
41 Oly720man: To MAN CX, HKG via Moscow. TG, BKK, meant to be summer 07 Air Sylhet, VIE and DXB. Airline not started.
42 Directorguy: Just a random one.... Air Canada AC was scheduled to start a Boeing 767 YYZ-BEY Toronto-Beirut service but this was scrapped at the 11th hour.
43 B742: Gulf Air (operated by Gulf Traveller) announced Birmingham (UK), however it never happened. Rob!
44 ChrisNH: I think Virgin Atlantic announced service to the Moon, but (to the best of my knowledge) the service never started.
45 GLAGAZ: Wtf! No. It was planned, started and remains DXB-GLA. Gaz
46 USPIT10L: Actually, US planned a PITAMS nonstop for early 2002, and was all set to make an announcement about it, if not for 9/11.
47 Flyboy7974: America West was never granted route authorization, was just reading over issues of Airliners Monthly News that I have, from December 1988 to January
48 Post contains links Simairlinenet: It was 1996--cancelled days before launch. Osaka was probably because there were insufficient NRT slots. In the 1990s, Northwest flew from KIX to (no
49 FlySSC: AirFrance : CDG-GUW (Atyrau, Kazkhstan) PTP-PBM (Pramaribo, Suriname) CDG-NAS
50 USPIT10L: " target=_blank>http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:...gl=us IIRC, it was 1998. The flights didn't start because of the Asian financial crisis.
51 JohnJ: Northwest announced Memphis - Mexico City a few years ago and never started the service.
52 PP705: IT = BLR-SFO non-stop
53 Post contains links PHLBOS: I thought that was PanAm. Note: From DL021's signature: Is my Pan Am ticket to the moon still good? http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/profile.
54 DCA-ROCguy: The example I always mention when this topic comes up is that an airline called Zenith International was planned in the mid-1980's. It was going to us
55 Cactus742: MX, GDL-PHX. I found an old Orbitz page talking about ther service on MD87s but I don't think it was ever launched... too bad the page isn't dated.
56 TWAL1011727: After TWA offloaded Carl Icahn they were going to open up cities to make it so all revenue made would go straight to TWA and not to Icahn(even after t
57 Mats: Aerolineas Argentinas announced service to China and Israel. The latter was--I believe--going to be a codeshare with Air Madrid via Madrid. United is
58 FWAERJ: DL Connection/F8 announced an FWA-MCO service in 2005 using ERJ-145s, but it was cancelled days before service was to start, right after DL filed for
59 Post contains links Viscount724: AC announced new nonstop YVR-DEL seasonal service in early 2001 with service to start in October, but those plans were cancelled following 9/11. http:
60 Flyboy7974: Vanguard Airlines announced MCI-RNO but then dropped that just before start date Aug of announcement year. Some tie-up I remember because association
61 B752OS: I believe when UA and US were going to merge, BOS-FRA, BOS-NRT, BOS-SAN and BOS-SEA were all planned.
62 USAirALB: I remember DL Express announced ALB-TPA, don't know if it started.... I thought I remember TWA announcing STL-BUF/ROC/ALB... I could be just imagining
63 Mexicana767: AM was going to start Both OAK and SCK from GDL and/or MEX, but never happened because SCK was denied a FIS building because there is already one's at
64 AAMDanny: Gulf Traveller planned to start BHX - DXB (Im sure it was DXB) or somewhere in the Gulf Region with B763's. But that Never started. FlyWho/FlyBlue - B
65 USAirALB: Anyone from ex TWA clear this up?
66 USPIT10L: Let me see. CLTBGI CLTAUS CLTSAT RDUSFO PHLSJC PHLPDX PHLBRU PHLYVR PITPDX PITSJC That's just from the hubs. I still have some press releases and pro
67 Gkirk: Wrong. It was always planned as GLA-DXB, although they did have a small look at EDI.
68 Flyboy7974: are you specifically referring to UA service on these routes, because CLT-AUS, CLT-SAT, PHL-PDX, PHL-YVR have been served by US.
69 OA260: DUB-AYT-ECN with YK. The Irish government refused to give them permission to fly and in the end the route went from BFS-AYT-ECN. Seats had been sold a
70 United: We seem to still be waiting for UA's SFO-CAN route, announced long enough ago that we are doubting whether it will ever really happen, but not quite l
71 USPIT10L: Exactly. Although US never should have left PDX, SJC, SAT, or AUS for that matter in the mid-90s. Serious network flaw on US Airways' part. I realize
72 Post contains images Se210: Here's an airline that never started any routes. Circa 1998 based on searches on the Internet.
73 UN_B732: I do remember LGA-DFW, the perfect get back at AA measure.. Even though NW would've been smoked. Didn't AA announce ORD-SVO (before it's current DME e
74 Reggaebird: VARIG had announced its intention to serve BOS from either GIG or GRU in the '90s but it never came to pass. There is a very large community of Brasil
75 MANmatt: Another one from MAN was UN who announced Moscow-MAN, even put it on their website and the flight even appeared on the flight information systems but
76 Jetskipper: Air Canada announced SBN-YYZ using Georgian B-1900s in the late 09's but it never started due to customs issues.
77 DeltaRules: Didn't AC have a YYZ-DAB flight planned that never got going in 2002 or early 2003? I remember hearing rumors on here that seemed at the time to be pi
78 DeltAirlines: DL, about 5 years ago, had announced BOS-FCO on a 767-300 - was going to be a summer-only route.
79 Flyboy7974: Then I guess the AS announced YVR-SNA would parallel Jetskipper's comment about the SBN-YYZ service that was suppose to start and didn't due to custom
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