The market reality is that the hub-and-spoke carriers (American, Delta, and United) are moving to bigger planes. This includes regional routes, with 76-seaters replacing 50-seat or smaller aircraft. If smaller…
Effective June 8, 2017 on a 160-seat Boeing 737-800. Yes, that is a ways out, and yes, it’s very early for an airline to make such a route announcement. And…
Here’s a summary of American Airlines fights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) for Thursday, August 11, 2016: By aircraft type: Widebody: 8 (3 A330-300, 5 A330-200) Narrowbody mainline: 288…
Sometimes the airline business gets a bit juvenile. This is one of those cases. Recall that Delta Air Lines is building up its focus city operation at RDU and recently…
Delta Air Lines continues to build up its Raleigh/Durham focus city operation, with the latest addition thrice-a-day service to Newark (EWR) effective Nov. 6. The new route will give Delta…
While American Airlines has a huge hub at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), foreign carriers are scarce at the airport. In recent years, only three have operated from CLT: Air…
This is actually a US Airways route, daily year-round service on a 254-seat Airbus A330-200. According to the company story, the Philadelphia (PHL) – Tel Aviv (TLV) flight, which started…
And this would be a summary of US Airways and American Airlines fights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport for Thursday, August 13, 2015: US Airways flights by aircraft type: Widebody:…
American Airlines and US Airways posted their combined May passenger figures last week. Here’s what jumps out: May 2015 Atlantic load factor: 76.7 percent May 2014 Atlantic load factor: 79.9…
Based upon Small Community Air Service Development Program grant requests and news reports, the following cities seem interested in adding flights to Charlotte: • Springfield, MO (Airport code: SGF). Got…
Recently ran a summary of US Airways and American Airlines flights from Charlotte. Here’s the service level for all the other airlines flying from Charlotte and Concord. Flight levels are…
Press release out today: US Airways service from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to [Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport (GRU)] will be discontinued beginning Oct.1, 2014. Charlotte customers will still…