Hello All Houston Intercontinental Airport Newsletter for 3/17/02 PLEASE NOTE: The URL of the IAH Spotters Club has changed. The club may now be accessed at the following address: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iahspottersclub ------------------------------------- -Houston's connection with Africa will now officially continue through the end of 2004. World Airways and Sonair have agreed to extend their deal providing twice-weekly MD-11 oil charters between Houston and Luanda, Angola for another two years. The service is operated by World on behalf of Sonair, the aviation wing of Angola's national oil company, SONANGOL. The agreement will now stand through at least December 31st, 2004. -The 757-300 is coming to Houston. Continental Airlines will be using their newest aircraft type on a daily Newark-Houston and Houston-Las Vegas flight starting April 7th. Schedules are as follows (all times local): *CO Flight 111 Depart EWR 6:00AM Arrive IAH 8:45AM Depart IAH 9:55AM Arrive LAS 11:07AM -Continental is reinstating service to New York's John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport from Houston on June 13th. This service was started in 2001 and was a quick casualty of 9/11, but will now be restarted with two daily flights on a 737-500. In addition, CO will be adding a ninth daily flight to Newark, giving IAH nineteen flights a day to the three New York area airports. -United Airlines will be expanding their service in Houston. Effective June 7th, they will add a sixth roundtrip on Chicago (O'Hare)-IAH and a seventh roundtrip on Denver- IAH, giving them a total of fourteen flights a day. -Northwest Airlines will be reinstating their fourth roundtrip on Memphis-IAH effective June 5th, with an A319. This flight was lost after 9/11 when Northwest cut the fourth bank of flights out of their Memphis hub, a bank now being renewed. Detroit flying will also be increased with the renewal of a fifth daily service being flown with a DC-9. Total Northwest will have fourteen flights a day at IAH. Northwest has also opened up express security check lines for its premium customers in Terminal B. ---------------------------------------- That's all for now.... If you have any news about IAH, want an invitation to the IAH Spotter's Club, 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://groups.yahoo.com/group/iahspottersclub Regards Brian Miller