NC 250
Griffith Rutherford: Man of action
Griffith Rutherford was a civic and military leader from the North Carolina frontier who was involved in all aspects of the colony’s Revolutionary struggle. He lived just southwest of Salisbury…
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Transportation
American Airlines gets Charlotte-Havana route award
The new aviation deal with Cuba limits U.S. air lines to 20 scheduled flights a day to Havana. Airline interest was much stronger than that though, with various U.S. carriers…
Transportation
American Airlines applies for a Charlotte – Havana route authority
With the keep word being “applies.” The U.S. and Cuba have a new aviation framework, which will soon allow scheduled air service between the two countries. There’s a key limit…
Liberty
Frontier Airlines adds Denver, drops Trenton and Philly
The latest from the airline whose scheduling practices most resembles an amoeba: The good: Frontier is starting Charlotte – Denver on March 17 on an Airbus A319. American (US Airways)…
Liberty
Alaska Airlines comes to North Carolina
No, not Charlotte but rather Raleigh-Durham (RDU), with a daily flight to Seattle starting in October. Which raises the question as to when we might see some airlines besides US…
Liberty
The skies above Charlotte are always sunny, item #5,978,134
The UPoR had a piece over the weekend on how Charlotte Douglas International Airport ranked last year. Problems in the story? Absolutely. Consider this passage, the last paragraph of the…
Health Care
Refocusing American Health Care
Dr. Robert Graboyes, senior fellow at the Mercatus Center, offers a fresh take on how policymakers from both sides of the political spectrum can agree upon innovative initiatives that will…
Liberty
Frontier Airlines CLT update
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…
Liberty
Frontier Airlines drops CLT – Washington Dulles
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…
Liberty
Frontier Airlines adds Charlotte-Philadelphia
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,…
Liberty
One flip side of the lower-fare air carrier business model
Recently we’ve seen lower-fare carriers like Frontier and Allegiant come to town (in Allegiant’s case, the town in question is Concord). It’s worth noting that such carriers can be rather…
Liberty
Frontier Airlines comes to town
And by town, I mean Charlotte and not Concord. Four day a week (Monday/Wednesday/Thursday/Sunday) service to Trenton, NJ (TTN) starting on February 12, 2014 on a 138-seat Airbus A319. Trenton…