Originally Posted by PMMMColonel
Can AA, DL or Co fly this route still? I thought it was limited now to UA as the only US airline.
ANY US carrier can fly between Australia and the LOTFAP any time they wanted to (subject to getting appropriate endorsements on their AOC's).
There is a clause in the bilateral that any new comer to the route is restricted to four flights per week for the first twelve months.
Not sure how CO, AA and NW would fare on this, since they previously operated trans-Pac, and I am not sure how they would go as far as this requirement goes.
DL would certainly fall under this constraint, although it appears to be one which can be worked around. The only trouble is that DL does not have the equipment to service the route viably.
Dave