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[FutureUScapt]

"zero market for Philadelphia-Sao Paulo" - not too credible a statement. With the current VARIG situation, the bilateral could possibly be negotiated.

ATH would become available if Open Skies is approved as expected by mid-2007.

I don't know what my comments have to do with PHL-LIS, however the route is not bookable beyond late October, so you must have some insider information. I am aware the summer route has been performing beyond expectations - that has a lot to do with the promotions/support by the Lisboa tourist office and the code share/alliance with TAP - good things. Year round at the expense of warmer clime routes would seem risky - to me anyway.

I'm not trying to argue that there is zero market, I just don't think it will happen. Most routes to Brazil require 2 planes anyways since they are often night flights in both directions. Even if GRU were to change, it'd be for the worse since we'd be losing some potential feed from our *A partner Varig. Also, Scott Kirby said in the first quarter webcast that "US has no plans to expnad in S. America"..but things do change.

Thanks for the update on ATH; I knew something was in the works but I didn't expect it to happen that soon. It'd be nice if we get there before CO does.

The PHL-LIS comment wasn't really geared towards anyone. I am just looking at what is loaded into the system at this point. If you go to US' website, you can pull up flights for next may, though few are probably accurate (it does show DUB as a 757 though, which makes me think that they have loaded the transatlantic flights).