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Heathrow to get a third runway?
People have a love/hate relationship with airports. They love the mobility that scheduled air service provides but those that live near airports strongly object to the noise. Because of these…
Heathrow Airport
main airport serving London, England, United Kingdom
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Charlotte aviation baseline 2016: American Airlines
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…
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Charlotte Aviation baseline 2015: US Airways and American Airlines
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:…
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American Airlines weak over the Atlantic so far this year
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…
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US Airways reduces Charlotte – London Heathrow service this winter
To 10 flights a week from November 5th through February 27th. The second flight to London operates only on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from Charlotte, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays on…
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More international airports going to pre-clearance
The Customs and Border Protection has a program called pre-clearance, in which people flying from select foreign destinations clear U.S. immigrations and customs before they get on their flight, rather…
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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…
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US Airways/American Airlines CLT summer flight preview
US Airways and American Airlines summer schedules are now more-or-less set, so it’s time for a comparison of this summer’s flight levels as compared to last summer’s service levels: The…
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US Airways drops second CLT-Frankfurt flight
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)…
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US Airways draft summer schedule to Europe out
It’s less bad for CLT than feared. The airline’s offerings to Europe in June 2015 from Charlotte Douglas International Airport: London Heathrow: 2 daily, on an A330-300 and an A330-200…
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US Airways & American Airlines have another bad month over the Atlantic
As in a 81.3 percent load factor in August, down from 87.4 percent last August. The vaguely good news is that the 6.1 percentage point drop in load factor in…
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2014 Charlotte aviation baseline
Bookmark this as a reference to what air service levels were like early in the American Airlines/US Airways merger integration. US Airways and American Airlines fights from Charlotte for Thursday,…