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An US Airways/American Airlines oops
Domestically, the most important airport in south Florida is Ft. Lauderdale (FLL), not Miami (MIA). American Airlines has a big hub in Miami for operations to Latin America and the…
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
airport in Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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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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Southwest Airlines in CLT: Like CHS or RDU?
So how much of an impact will Southwest Airlines have when they start flights from Charlotte? Great question. First, understand that in the eastern U.S., Southwest is not a point-to-point…
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US Airways in Merger Talks
With United. So says the New York Times. If those two airlines merged, it would be an unholy mess. Lots of messy union integration issues. Major anti-trust issues in Washington,…
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More US Airways Routes From Phoenix Ending
This time to Raleigh and to Washington Dulles. The single-daily flights end of February 10, the day before the US Airways/Delta slot swap was to happen. You know, the slot…
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More Evidence PHX Not Working
For US Airways. It’s canceling its daily Phoenix – Toronto flight come March. The airline is or has recently dropped Phoenix – Wichita and Phoenix – Colorado Springs service as…
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US Airways 'Strengthens Core'
Or at least that’s what the press release says. Essentially, the airline confirmed what we already knew: it’s now a four-hub operation (CLT, PHL, PHX, DCA) with very little else.…
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US Airways drops Wichita
From Phoenix. And, no, US Airways never served Wichita from Charlotte, which is in itself an issue. When America West bought US Airways back in 2005, there was a lot…
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Few US Airways Flight Cuts at CLT
Like only a 1 percent to 2 percent reduction in its Charlotte hub. So says the Observer, based upon an interview with Doug Parker, US Airways’ chairman and chief executive.…
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US Airways Schedule: July 2008
Mainly just to have something on record as a comparison point in case of future developments, here’s what US Airways’ Charlotte weekday scheduled currently looks like: Total flights: 591 Mainline…