{"id":767,"date":"2009-07-21T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=767"},"modified":"2016-12-17T03:41:04","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T09:41:04","slug":"on-the-road-international-flight-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/on-the-road-international-flight-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Road: International flight cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-768\" title=\"airplanestock11\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/airplanestock11.jpg\" alt=\"flights\" width=\"250\" height=\"190\" \/>By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE EX FILES I<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Falling Traffic Means International Flight Cuts<\/strong>: The unprecedented decline in traffic on international<strong> <a title=\"Cheap flights, cheap tickets on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareFlightsTab\" target=\"_blank\">flights<\/a><\/strong>, especially in the premium classes, is leading to bigreductions in overseas flying.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After previously announcing a 10 percent cut, most of which would be frequency reductions, <a title=\"Delta: Flights to top destinations on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/GDDC?deal_id=air-delta-airlines\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Delta Air Lines<\/strong><\/a> says it will trim 5 percent more than originally planned. And the larger cuts mean routes will disappear entirely. What&#8217;ll get the chop? Two international routes, to <strong>London\/Gatwick<\/strong> and <strong>Frankfurt<\/strong>, from Delta&#8217;s shrinking Cincinnati hub. Nonstops to <strong>Seoul<\/strong> and <strong>Shanghai<\/strong> from Atlanta, Delta&#8217;s largest hub. And nonstops to <strong>Edinburgh<\/strong> from Delta&#8217;s international nexus at New York\/Kennedy Airport.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>British Airways<\/strong> will also be in a slashing mode. Gone in October will be the daily nonstop between Kennedy and <strong>London\/Gatwick<\/strong>, a route that BA launched last October. Also going will be at least one of BA&#8217;s seven daily <strong>Kennedy-London\/Heathrow<\/strong> flights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aer Lingus<\/strong>, which is suffering from the collapsed economy in Ireland as well as the recession in the United States, is chopping about 25 percent of its transatlantic capacity. It will kill its<strong> Chicago-Shannon<\/strong> flights on September 1, then drop its <strong>San Francisco-Dublin<\/strong> and <strong>Washington\/Dulles-Dublin flights<\/strong> on October 25.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Related Orbitz resources:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Business travel on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_blank\">Business travel<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Cheap flights, cheap tickets on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareFlightsTab\" target=\"_blank\">Flights<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Joe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joesentme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JoeSentMe.com<\/a>, a non-commercial Web site for business travelers. Copyright 2009 by Joe Brancatelli. 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