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US Airways Begins Flights to Madrid and Dublin from Its Charlotte, N.C. Hub

Dépèche transmise le 13 mai 2011 par Business Wire

US Airways Begins Flights to Madrid and Dublin from Its Charlotte, N.C. Hub

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--US Airways (NYSE:LCC) customers have more ways to get to two favorite European cities when new, daily, seasonal summer service between the airline’s hub at Charlotte Douglas International Airport and Madrid, Spain and Dublin, Ireland kicks off this weekend.

“We’re deepening our commitment to growing our Charlotte hub by adding daily flights to two major European business and tourist destinations.”

The new flights will operate through Sept. 30 and will complement US Airways’ daily nonstop service to both cities from Philadelphia, the airline’s international gateway. Madrid service begins Friday, May 13 and will be operated with Boeing B767-200ER aircraft with seating for 18 in Envoy, US Airways’ international business class, and 186 in the main cabin. Dublin service begins Saturday, May 14 and will be operated with Boeing B757-200 ETOPS aircraft with seating for 12 in Envoy and 164 in the main cabin.

Suzanne Boda, US Airways’ senior vice president of airport customer service, international and cargo said, "We’re deepening our commitment to growing our Charlotte hub by adding daily flights to two major European business and tourist destinations."

The new flights bring the number of international destinations US Airways serves from Charlotte, its largest hub, to 31 – six cities in Europe and 25 in Latin America and the Caribbean. Last week, the airline reinstated seasonal summer service from Philadelphia to Athens, Greece; Glasgow, Scotland; Lisbon, Portugal; and Venice, Italy. Seasonal summer service to Barcelona, Spain, began in March.

Customers may book their flight through US Airways’ website at www.usairways.com, by calling US Airways Reservations at 1-800-428-4322 or through their travel agent. Complete vacation packages are also available at www.usairwaysvacations.com. The flight schedule is as follows:

*Service begins May 14, 2011. Flight times subject to change.

**Service begins May 15, 2011. Flight times subject to change.

About US Airways

US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates more than 3,200 flights per day and serves more than 200 communities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Central and South America. The airline employs 32,000 aviation professionals worldwide and is a member of the Star Alliance network, which offers its customers 21,000 daily flights to 1,160 airports in 181 countries. Together with its US Airways Express partners, the airline serves approximately 80 million passengers each year and operates hubs in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Phoenix, and a focus city in Washington, D.C. at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. US Airways was the only airline included as one of the 50 best companies to work for in the U.S. by LATINA Style magazine’s 50 Report for 2010. For the sixth year in a row, the airline also earned a 100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality index, a leading indicator of companies’ attitudes and policies toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees and customers. US Airways also ranked #1 among its competing hub-and-spoke network carriers for 2010 performance as rated by the Wichita State University/Purdue University Airline Quality Rating (AQR) report. For more company information visit usairways.com, follow on Twitter @USAirways or at Facebook.com/USAirways. (LCCG)

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