ATA Starts New Service From LGA-SFO
Oct 14, 2003, 10:54 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by aa767flyer:
Looks like ATA will start new non-stop wervice from LGA-SFO as of January 24, 2004</font>
Looks like ATA will start new non-stop wervice from LGA-SFO as of January 24, 2004</font>
I apologize for my skepticism, but given that they only recently announced EWR-SFO, and LGA is not an airport where they have a lot of slots (from my understanding)...
And I don't see any announcement on the web site.
Oct 14, 2003, 1:28 pm
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Apparently adds in both the San Francisco newspaper and The New York Times (I can only confirm the latter) said that in addition to EWR-SFO non-stop LGA-SFO service was on its way. I suspect that this is simply a typographical error - direct LGA-MDW-SFO service is going to begin - because, as I understand it LGA has a perimiter rule stating that no flights are allowed to be schedule non-stop to/from destinations more than 1500 miles away (except DEN). Unlike DCA, I do not believe there are any slots awarded to airlines that can circumvent this rule.
Oct 15, 2003, 4:40 am
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Really, I though of this rule too and had a hard time to belive it but again I checked the ATA web-site a sure enough on January 24th and on there is a non-stop flight from LGA to SFO!