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“We had originally planned to phaseout our B767s in 2012, but becauseof the B787 delay, we are keepingthem until around 2015, which hasimproved the business case [forwinglets],” said Walsh.NEWSTakeover in the UKSeptember 21: UK regional airlineEastern Airways has bought AirSouth West from Sutton HarbourHoldings plc and will take overoperations in October.In the £2 million deal, Eastern willabsorb losses made by Air SouthWest, valued at £3.8 million. It willenable Eastern, based at HumbersideAirport, to open routes to Plymouth,Newquay and ten other UK, Irishand Channel Islands destinations.Commenting on the disposal ofAir South West, Michael Knight,Chairman of Sutton HarbourHoldings plc said, "Air South Westhas made an important contributionto the Group since its inception andwe look forward to seeing it continueto provide a valuable service to theregion. This disposal will bring to anend to the Group's exposure toairline trading losses which haveseverely impacted the Group'sfinancial results, particularly over thelast eighteen months."AA, BA AND IBERIA ANNOUNCE BETTER DEAL FORTRANSATLANTIC FLIERSMore access to cheaper fares,bigger choice of flight times andeasier connecting journeys willbecome reality for transatlantic flierswith the launch of the new jointbusiness between American Airlines,British Airways and Iberia.The CEOs of the three oneworld®airlines met in London on 6thOctober for the official start of thenew trilateral relationship, whichenables oneworld to compete farmore effectively with other globalalliances on routes between Europeand North America.American Airlines, British Airwaysand Iberia announced today fournew routes that will start from nextApril as an early benefit of the newjoint business. They are: New YorkJFK-Budapest and Chicago-Helsinki(operated by American), LondonHeathrow-San Diego (operated byBritish Airways) and Madrid-LosAngeles (operated by Iberia).The airlines have also placedcodeshares on a significant numberof additional routes, greatlyincreasing the number of destinationchoices available to customers.American will add its code to 322British Airways and Iberia flightsserving 101 destinations, BritishAirways will add its code to 2063American and Iberia flights serving181 destinations and Iberia will addits code to 354 American and BritishAirways flights serving 96destinations. There will be furtheropportunities to increase codesharesin the future. In total, customers willbe able to travel more easily on theairlines’ combined route networkwhich will serve more than 400destinations in 105 countries witharound 5,200 daily departures.Willie Walsh, chief executive ofBritish Airways, said: “Today’s routeannouncement is a great example ofhow by working together we canbenefit customers. Combined sellingand scheduling means that we willable to operate routes that wouldnot have been viable for us tooperate individually. This partnershipwill provide a one-stop shop fortransatlantic travel regardless of howyou book, which of our airlines youfly with or where you want totransfer.”Airways magazine October/November 2010 9