OpenSkies to open Washington

BA owned OpenSkies has announced that it will inaugrate new service from Paris Orly to Washington DC, with a daily service to Dulles Airport. The new service will commence from May 3rd, and the carrier will operate its B757-200 aircraft on the sector. OpenSkies which was bought from French operator L'Avion operates a 16 weekly schedule from Paris Orly to Newark EWR, its only other scheduled service.

OpenSkies will face a batttle to attract corporate traffic on the Dulles sector with Air France operating a daily service from CDG and United Airlines a 13 x weekly service, also from Paris CDG.