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Shuttle Changes
ARLINGTON (theHub.com) - As part of US Airways’ April schedule change, dual-class A319 aircraft from the mainline fleet will replace single-class Airbus A319s on US Airways Shuttle flights between Boston and Washington. The change will increase flexibility and promote efficient use of aircraft throughout the system. The current Shuttle-configured A319s will be moved to the traditional Shuttle routes from New York LaGuardia serving Reagan National and Boston, and will remain in the expanded pitch single-class configuration. The aircraft to be used on the Boston-Washington-Boston routes, while not a dedicated fleet for Shuttle, will be fenced for that day''s line of flying and will not flow through to any other city, but rather will exclusively serve the two Shuttle markets for that day.
Meanwhile, the single-class A320 aircraft currently used on the Shuttle routes in and out of LaGuardia will be reconfigured over time into standard two-class cabins and used on the mainline. The A320 is better suited for higher demand flights to Florida and the Caribbean than the A319. All flights in the traditional Shuttle markets will be operated with A319s. With the new dual cabin configuration on the Boston-Washington-Boston routes, customers for both the Shuttle service and connecting flights at those two destinations can book or upgrade to First Class for all of their segments. More information about this is included in the latest edition of Update.
ARLINGTON (theHub.com) - As part of US Airways’ April schedule change, dual-class A319 aircraft from the mainline fleet will replace single-class Airbus A319s on US Airways Shuttle flights between Boston and Washington. The change will increase flexibility and promote efficient use of aircraft throughout the system. The current Shuttle-configured A319s will be moved to the traditional Shuttle routes from New York LaGuardia serving Reagan National and Boston, and will remain in the expanded pitch single-class configuration. The aircraft to be used on the Boston-Washington-Boston routes, while not a dedicated fleet for Shuttle, will be fenced for that day''s line of flying and will not flow through to any other city, but rather will exclusively serve the two Shuttle markets for that day.
Meanwhile, the single-class A320 aircraft currently used on the Shuttle routes in and out of LaGuardia will be reconfigured over time into standard two-class cabins and used on the mainline. The A320 is better suited for higher demand flights to Florida and the Caribbean than the A319. All flights in the traditional Shuttle markets will be operated with A319s. With the new dual cabin configuration on the Boston-Washington-Boston routes, customers for both the Shuttle service and connecting flights at those two destinations can book or upgrade to First Class for all of their segments. More information about this is included in the latest edition of Update.