airport in Dulles, Virginia serving the Washington Metropolitan Area in the United States
The price of airline deregulation back in the 1970s was the Essential Air Service program, which guarantees air service (within certain limits) to communities that had scheduled air service at…
Some takeaways from Dan Way’s Carolina Journal report yesterday: 1. Your facility can get all its electricity from traditional fuel sources and pretend they’re powered by renewable sources. (Media, environmentalists, corporate PR people,…
United Airlines is one of the country’s three big surviving legacy airlines, but as we’ve documented here repeatedly, the airline’s service level to Charlotte is rather weak. In particular, a…
Time for the yearly look at air service from Charlotte (and Concord). Here the flights offered by all the airlines besides US Airways/American Airlines as of Thursday, August 13. The…
Alex Adrianson highlights for the Heritage Foundation’s “Insider Online” blog the mismatch between the political process and maintenance of public infrastructure. Politics may indeed be a problem for the upkeep…
OK, United (UA) has now made what should be their more-or-less final schedule adjustments for June. United proper last served Charlotte in February and it looks like they won’t be…
This is a picture of a United Airlines jet in Charlotte. It’s a sight seen out at Charlotte Douglas International Airport for many, many years. It’s also something you won’t…
Details are now available on the previously-announced flight to Philadelphia (PHL). Looks like this may be more than just a summer-seasonal attempt at a money grab. Daily service starts March…
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…
As of January 5th. Well that didn’t last long, as Frontier only started service on the route on Aug. 20. This leaves Frontier with a single flight from Charlotte. It’s…
Effective date and schedule TBA. Frontier already flies from CLT to Trenton, NJ and Washington Dulles, with both four or five times a week. And as this philly.com article notes,…
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…