Transportation
American Airlines to get rid of its turboprops
If you look at 2016 aviation baseline, you’ll see that about 8 percent — 54 of 661 — of American Airlines’ flights out of its big Charlotte hub are still…
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Transportation
How terrorism can impact a market
Let’s take the terror attack at Brussels’ airport as an example. The good news is that BRU, to use the airport’s typical code, is now open again. The bad news…
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
American Airlines drops Philadelphia-Tel Aviv
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…
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
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…
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
US Airways DCA reductions
US Airways has now loaded the reductions in their Washington Reagan National (DCA) flying as part of the antitrust agreement to merge with American Airlines. All told, the two airlines…
Liberty
Nonstops to Dublin, Ireland doing well…
Well enough for US Airways to extend the season for this summer-seasonal Charlotte – Dublin service. Instead of ending on September 9, service will now go until October 5th. Service…
Liberty
DCA has extra runway capacity
Flight Global is reporting that Ronald Reagan Washington National airport (DCA), one of the four major airports that uses a slot-system to limit flights, actually has unused runway capacity: Unused…
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US Airways applies for a Charlotte-London Heathrow flight
So reports the Philadelphia Inquirer: US Airways has petitioned the European Union to add an additional flight each day from Philadelphia to London’s Heathrow Airport and to begin new service…