US Airways Boosts Capacity in Washington, D.C. Area
July 28 2004 - 12:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
US Airways Boosts Capacity in Washington, D.C. Area Brings Larger
Jet Aircraft to Five Routes ARLINGTON, Va., July 28
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways will increase its capacity by
up to 90 percent to five destinations from Ronald Reagan Washington
National Airport this fall, with the resumption of mainline
roundtrip service to both Buffalo and Syracuse, N.Y., Indianapolis,
and Manchester, N.H., as well as first-time mainline service
between Reagan National and Columbus, Ohio, all beginning Sept. 8,
2004. "We take yet another step forward with the implementation of
US Airways' Transformation Plan by upgrading these important
markets with dual-class mainline aircraft," said Andrew P. Nocella,
US Airways vice president of network and revenue management. "Lower
fares are stimulating our business to the point that the smaller
aircraft are no longer the optimal choice in these markets." US
Airways will upgrade one of its five daily Washington-Columbus
roundtrip flights from 50-seat regional jet (RJ) service to 737
service, adding 30 percent more seats and bringing mainline service
to Columbus for the first time. All three daily Washington-Buffalo
flights will be upgraded from 50- and 72-seat RJ service to
mainline service, flown using 120-seat Airbus A319 and 126-seat
Boeing 737-300 aircraft and representing a 90 percent capacity
increase in the market. Between Washington and Syracuse, US Airways
currently operates one 72-seat RJ and four 37-seat Dash-8 turboprop
aircraft. Beginning in August, two turboprop flights will upgrade
to 50-seat RJ service, and in September, one of the new RJ flights
will be upgraded to 737 service, a 38 percent increase in seat
availability from today's schedule. Washington-Indianapolis service
will shift from five daily 50-seat RJ flights to four-times daily
service, with three 737s and one 50-seat RJ. The new schedule will
offer customers 71 percent more seating capacity than previously
had been available. One daily outbound Washington-Manchester flight
will be added to the three existing roundtrip flights, and will be
operated using a 72-seat RJ. The current service is operated using
50-seat RJs, and one flight will be upgraded to 737 service,
resulting in an overall seat capacity increase of 75 percent. US
Airways is Washington's hometown carrier and the largest flight
operator at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, with nearly
180 daily departures to 46 nonstop destinations. The airline is
also Arlington County's second largest employer with 1,988
employees. US Airways, US Airways Shuttle and the US Airways
Express partner carriers operate over 3,300 flights per day to
nearly 200 communities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean
and Latin America. For more information on US Airways flight
schedules and fares, contact US Airways online at usairways.com, or
call US Airways Reservations at 1-800-428-4322. DATASOURCE: US
Airways CONTACT: Amy Kudwa of US Airways, +1-703-872-5100 Web site:
http://www.usairways.com/
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