Associated Press
CHATTANOOGA — Nonstop US Airways Express flights between Chattanooga and New York will be discontinued Sept. 1 after the service failed to generate enough revenue, the company said.
US Airways spokesman Dave Castelveter said the New York flights — which began just over a year ago — were performing poorly.
''We were losing money,'' he said.
In May, for example, only 43.5% of available seats were filled for the flights. By contrast, the airline sold 69% of its seats from Chattanooga to its Charlotte, N.C., hub last month.
Although the New York flight saw low passenger numbers, overall Chattanooga airport passenger traffic rose for the fourth month in a row in May.
''No question we're disappointed,'' Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker said. ''The numbers were moving in the right direction.''
The cancellation won't affect the planned startup of US Airways Express nonstop flights to Washington next month, officials said.
''US Airways is just as bullish about Washington as they were when they announced it. We have no sense of that changing,'' Corker said.
CHATTANOOGA — Nonstop US Airways Express flights between Chattanooga and New York will be discontinued Sept. 1 after the service failed to generate enough revenue, the company said.
US Airways spokesman Dave Castelveter said the New York flights — which began just over a year ago — were performing poorly.
''We were losing money,'' he said.
In May, for example, only 43.5% of available seats were filled for the flights. By contrast, the airline sold 69% of its seats from Chattanooga to its Charlotte, N.C., hub last month.
Although the New York flight saw low passenger numbers, overall Chattanooga airport passenger traffic rose for the fourth month in a row in May.
''No question we're disappointed,'' Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker said. ''The numbers were moving in the right direction.''
The cancellation won't affect the planned startup of US Airways Express nonstop flights to Washington next month, officials said.
''US Airways is just as bullish about Washington as they were when they announced it. We have no sense of that changing,'' Corker said.