Hello All Houston Intercontinental Airport Newsletter for 2/19/02 ------------------------------------- -Montreal will be the newest city to receive non-stop service from Houston.=20= On June 2nd, 2002, Continental Airlines will begin a single daily flight bet= ween IAH and YUL with a 737-500. Montreal joins Vancouver, Toronto, and Calg= ary in Continental=92s Canadian network from Houston. Schedules are as follo= ws (all times local): *CO502 Depart IAH 7:00PM Arrive YUL 11:56PM *CO803 Depart YUL 8:00AM Arrive IAH 11:12AM -American Airlines will be adding a sixth daily flight on Chicago (O=92Hare)= -IAH effective April 8th, with an F-100. -Air France, effective February 10th, has switched from A340-300 to 777-200E= R equipment on their daily flights between IAH and Paris (CDG). -Continental Express will be ending all EMB-120 operations effective May 2nd= . All 30-seat EMBs flying out of Houston (the only hub with =96120 ops) will= be replaced by 46-seat ATRs coming down from Newark as a result of that hub= going all jet the same day. Airports affected by this change are Beaumont/P= ort Arthur, College Station, Houston (Ellington Field), Jackson, Killeen, La= ke Charles, Laredo, Monroe, Shreveport, and Victoria. This leaves IAH as the= only Continental Express hub with turboprop operations, Cleveland having go= ne all jet soon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. -American Airlines (TWA) will be adding a fourth roundtrip on the IAH-St. Lo= uis route effective April 7th. This new morning service is scheduled to comm= ence with 717 equipment. =20 -Mesa Airlines has now started service between Denver and IAH. Flying under=20= the Frontier JetExpress banner, the Frontier Airlines feeder will be using C= anadair Regional Jets twice a day, replacing one Frontier 737-300 and supple= menting a later 737 flight, for a total of three daily flights. Mesa Airline= s represents Houston=92s twenty-sixth airline. -Delta Airlines will begin codesharing on Air France 777-200 flights between= Houston and Paris effective May 1st. -American Airlines will be pulling two aircraft types out of IAH service in=20= 2002- the 727 and the 717. All TWA operated 717 flights will be replaced wit= h MD-80s effective June 1st. The 727=92s last service will be on Miami-IAH o= n April 30th, with both 727 flights to Miami being replaced with 737-800s th= e next day. Houston will then be getting four 737-800s. -American Trans Air is once again flying charter operations at IAH. ATA is f= lying between Houston and Las Vegas using 757-200s on Fridays and Sundays, w= ith an occasional charter to Cancun. Allegro remains the primary carrier for= Cancun and other Mexico charters out of Houston. -Delta Airlines is increasing Atlanta-IAH service. Partner Atlantic Southeas= t Airways will be adding an additional Canadair Regional Jet flight, bringin= g DL service to eight flights a day. It will be the last DL arrival of the d= ay and the first departure in the morning. --------------------------------- That=92s all for now.... If you have any news about IAH, want an invitation to the IAH Spotter=92s Cl= ub, or just want to chat, you can contact me these ways: E-Mail: Lear777@aol.com AOL Instant Messenger: Lear777 Website: http://members.aol.com/lear777/index.html IAH Spotters Club: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/iahspottersclub Regards Brian Miller