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06/02/2008
Skyteam increases its presence in Heathrow

SkyTeam the international alliance of aerolineas, announced yesterday that it will extend and reinforce his presence in the London airport of Heathrow from next the 30 of March.
This situation takes place by virtue of the agreement of `` open skies`` subscribed between European Union (UE) and the United States, that liberalizes the aerial traffic to both sides of the Atlantic.
The SkyTeam alliance, is formed by Aeroméxico, Air France, KLM Dutch Royal Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Aeroflot, Alitalia, Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Korean Air, Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines, as associate companies are Air Europe, Glass Airlines and Kenya Airlines.
From the next 30th March, SkyTeam will propose 11 new daily flights between the London airport of Heathrow and the United States in eight routes without scale to the Angels, Houston, Atlanta, New York, Detroit, Minneapolis, Seattle and Nueva Jersey. SkyTeam moves to 428 million annual passengers in 16.400 daily flights to 841 destinies in 162 countries.

Source: Prensa.com