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Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a disappointing double standard from a well-known publication. National Geographic says climate change is “the greatest threat to human health,” but it’s…
Ed Bastian, Delta Air Lines Inc.’s new chief executive officer, speaking to Bloomberg: “We’re looking at the international economies, we’re looking at the risks that we’ve seen on the security…
Another schedule update from US Airways was uploaded last night. The highlights: US Airways has resolved its overscheduling of its Airbus A330-200 fleet next summer by dropping its second (summer-seasonal)…
On August 19, and with it the withdrawal of the 737 from the US Airways fleet. There’s a deep connection between Charlotte and the 737-400, the largest variant of the…
Typically, I go out of town for the weekend just as the city’s dominate airline loads onto its website and other reservation systems four new seasonal flights to Europe. These…
US Airways has now loaded their 2013 schedule for their summer-seasonal Charlotte-Sacramento: Daily from May 5. This is a frequency increase from 2012. If the transcon markets are looking good,…
Yes, they made good money last quarter, but that doesn’t come as a big surprise. Much more interesting is the airline’s fleet plan for 2013. US Airways is getting five…
We’ve previously noted that demand air travel across the North Atlantic is expected to be week this winter, and in response US Airways is not offering flights from Charlotte to…
Where you can fly nonstop depends greatly on what aircraft are available. Especially internationally. Right now, US Airways uses three types of planes to fly to Europe: 293 or 258…
With longhaul meaning Brazil and Europe. This should be pretty much the final schedule. Summer seasonal (May to September or October) routes are in italics. Charlotte: Dublin (757) Frankfurt (A330-300)…
In the past few years, US airlines have started using 757s, their biggest and longest range narrowbody jet, to serve smaller markets in Europe from their hubs in the Northeast.…
Not completely a surprise, but US Airways has announced its deferring by three years each delivery on 54 aircraft it has on order. This is a huge deal for international…