JFK to Jamaica & 4 flights to Charlotte

[andyperkins]

US Airways Offers 21 Ways to the Big Apple With New Service to JFK This Fall
TEMPE, Ariz., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways (NYSE: LCC) will have 21 flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina to New York City as the airline launches three new daily round trip flights to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) beginning Wednesday, September 6.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050223/LAW097LOGO)

This new service complements the 10 daily flights US Airways already offers between Charlotte and New York's LaGuardia International Airport and the eight daily flights the airline has between Charlotte and Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.

Charlotte customers now have the convenience of choosing which of the three New York airports best fits their needs. And New Yorkers now have another gateway to access US Airways' Charlotte hub with more than 500 daily flights to 120 destinations across North America, Europe, Central America and the Caribbean.

"This new service further solidifies US Airways' position as the number one airline between North Carolina and New York City, offering non-stop service from Charlotte to all three New York Metro airports as well as daily non-stops from LaGuardia to Greensboro, Raleigh-Durham, and Wilmington," said Andrew Nocella, senior vice president, schedule planning and alliances.

US Airways Express carrier Mesa Airlines will operate the flights with the 86-seat Canadair Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900).



The new flight schedule is below:

Charlotte to JFK JFK to Charlotte

Flight Departs Arrives Flight Departs Arrives
5022 9:25 a.m. 11:12 a.m. 6050 6:35 a.m. 8:21 a.m.
5038 2:20 p.m. 4:07 p.m. 6052 11:35 a.m. 1:31 p.m.
5040 8:00 p.m. 9:42 p.m. 6054 4:50 p.m. 6:36 p.m.

Sample one way fare (round-trip purchase required)*:

Market Sample Fare*
Charlotte - JFK $94

 

[MarkMyWords]

Sorry for anyone expecting an actual fight and hearing about this 4x A319 rumor, it's just more of the same instead...

3x daily CLT-JFK roundtrips now appearing in the schedules starting September 6, operated by Mesa CRJ-900s.

Less frequency than JetBlue, on smaller and far inferior equipment, with service starting 2 months after theirs. Looks like a completely half-assed response to me.

Of course, they could change their minds, but you might never find out, since Tempe doesn't like issuing press releases for new East service.

Here it is......just for you!!!! 😉

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060508/lam028.html?.v=50

US Airways Offers 21 Ways to the Big Apple With New Service to JFK This Fall

 

[john john]

US Airways Express carrier Mesa Airlines will operate the flights with the 86-seat Canadair Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900).

Thank you ALPA

 

[SoftLanding]

Thank you ALPA

I feel sorry for the passengers. 😉


SoftLanding

 

[john john]

Rumor has had it that Managment has been running numbers for PSA to do CLT KIN....or maybe FLL KIN. They've been playing with that route or thought for at least a year now....it comes and goes. Maybe it will come about. Would imagine a 700 on it....but either that or the 200 could do it. They supposedly already have the 200+ mile exemption for equiping with just life vests / no rafts....

What about their bags can't truck them across the Atlantic
Maybe the company is working out a deal with Maersk Line

 

[Richard]

MOD NOTE--Merged this topic with the new announcement from TEMPE regarding JFK.

 

[desertgal]

We share gates with British Airways which is a very nice terminal. Very clean and modern

I agree, this terminal is a pleasure to fly in and out of.
One of our gates was formerly used for the Concorde.

 

[TheNewLowFare]

It's now confirmed. 🙂


Here's the article:

US Airways adds flights to JFK from Charlotte

 

[FLYLOW22]

Any Idea why JFK isn't served to PHL, PIT, DCA and CLT by at least CRJ700s? It's NYC... if you can't fill a plane from there, you're doing something wrong.

Never have understood why JFK has been ignored by U.

 

[DHG750R]

At one time ,U did in fact serve PHL,BWI,MDT,SYR,BUF,ROC,RIC,UCA,PIT,CLT & MCO ( a couple of others I cant remember 😛h34r: ) all from JFK. This was when JFK had very little in the way of true domestic traffic , It was abandoned and the likes of Comair , AA Eagle and JB all serve these cities

 

[autofixer]

It is competition with JetBlue. If we can feed some CLT flights with some pax, great. If we can pull a few pax off of JetBlue, just enough to make their flights unprofitable, good. Maybe the C900 is the cheapest way to do this, for now? It is better than pulling out of markets.

 

[Hope777]

Any Idea why JFK isn't served to PHL, PIT, DCA and CLT by at least CRJ700s? It's NYC... if you can't fill a plane from there, you're doing something wrong.

Never have understood why JFK has been ignored by U.

Most people working in the city would prefer to fly from EWR. With Train service from Penn Station right into EWR it is very easy to get to. 2nd choice has always been LGA followed lastly by JFK.

 

[usairways85]

American Eagle and Delta Connection have run feeder flts from PHL-JFK, in fact Delta is restarting this summer with 3 daily DH8's. However with PHL continually growing as an international gateway there is less of a need to connect through JFK. People can now either fly to their European destination nonstop from PHL or travel to FRA, MUC and connect on Lufthansa.

 

[PA18]

At one time ,U did in fact serve PHL,BWI,MDT,SYR,BUF,ROC,RIC,UCA,PIT,CLT & MCO ( a couple of others I cant remember 😛h34r: ) all from JFK. This was when JFK had very little in the way of true domestic traffic , It was abandoned and the likes of Comair , AA Eagle and JB all serve these cities

That service dates back to when Empire had a feeder arrangement (maybe even a codeshare, if they were invented at that time) with Pan Am. (One of the all-time greatest employee cafeterias was in the Pan Am Worldport terminal.)

Piedmont assumed that service after the merger, and added JFK-YOW service with 737's. That service used the famous TWA "Jetsons" terminal.

During the BA codeshare/wetlease days, I recall that US had a special Dash-8 configured in an executive layout to deliver passengers to Concorde flights at JFK.

I believe it was Stephen Wolf who elected to pull out of JFK, and concentrate on PHL.

 

[FLYLOW22]

Most people working in the city would prefer to fly from EWR. With Train service from Penn Station right into EWR it is very easy to get to. 2nd choice has always been LGA followed lastly by JFK.

I just think that is becasue JFK has had very limited domestic traffic servie for years. Sure, you can connect to anotehr airlines hub through JFK but there have been very few direct flights to the desitnation a pax wants to go to. I would train it over to EWR (which is a hub for CAL) if it meant that I could go direct. I would go to LGA next if it meant I could have a 50/50 of going direct. If I lived in Queens (an many do), I would not want to train it anywhere. I would want to go direct... which is why JB has done alright there. HUGE population base that is geared toward low fares ready to fly but just don't due to lack of service. It's been sad for years.

Simply jumping on the train and sailing across town is not that convinent at all.