The Charlotte Chamber likes to think of CLT as a tourist destination. I’m pretty sure this isn’t what they have in mind…

US Airways currently has three flights to London:

Philadelphia – Heathrow
Philadelphia – Gatwick
Charlotte – Gatwick

Looking at the airline’s online schedules, it appears that the Philly-Gatwick flights ends in the fall and isn’t coming back next summer. If that’s correct, that leaves the Charlotte route as one of only two flights by a U.S. airline to Gatwick (the other is one of Delta’s two daily Atlanta – London flights). All other London flights by American, United, Delta, Continental, Northwest, and US Airways are to Heathrow, the greatly preferred destination for business travelers going to the British capital.

With the coming of Open Skys, British Airways shifted their Dallas, Houston, and Atlanta flights to Heathrow and is discontinuing JFK – Gatwick in the fall. They do continue to serve the British tourist meccas of Orlando and Tampa from Gatwick. Virgin Atlantic’s London-USA flights all are from Heathrow except for flights to Orlando and Las Vegas, which are from Gatwick.

So, er, when does US Airways pony up and shift the CLT-London flight to Heathrow? Because if Gatwick where still the place to be, more airlines would still be there…