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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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United Airlines upgrading CLT in a big way
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…
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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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CLT aviation baseline 2015: everybody else
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…
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Bigger Aircraft Will Shake Up Local Aviation
Got a column out for Carolina Journal on some changes in the airline industry. Here’s it is in it’s entirety: CHARLOTTE — Local business leaders, economic development types, and government…
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US Airways reaches agreement with Piedmont pilots
If you look back at the 2014 US Airways/American Airlines baseline, you’ll find that nearly a tenth (64 of 670 total flights) of the carriers’ combined flights from CLT are…
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US Airways fleet replacement issues
OK, now look at the information in the previous post. Notice all those flights on Boeing 737-300s and -400s. Those are old aircraft, dating back to 1991 or earlier (-300s…
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US Airways Adds First Class to Big Regional Jets
Been hearing rumors that this was in the works for awhile, but the airline put out a press release with the details. US Airways Express Embraer 170s and 175s and…
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Delta Air Lines drops two SC, one VA destinations
That would be Florence (FLO) and Hilton Head (HHH) in South Carolina. Plus also Lynchburg, VA. (LYH). In all three cases, the communities’ only remaining scheduled air service will be…
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Continental cuts too
Right on cue, Continental Airlines has announced deep capacity cuts, just like American and United had previously. Continental is speeding up retirement of their 737-300 (124 seat) and 737-500 (114…
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The First Big Airline Cuts
And so it begins. No, not the summer travel season, which also begins soon, but rather announcements of big reductions in airline service for the fall and beyond. American kicked…