US Airways Flights To Brazil Begin December 2, 2009

[az_wild727]

US Airways just posted schedules for the first US Airways flights to/from Rio de Janeiro.

http://www.usairways.com/awa/Content...rio...?c=hp_txt_00653

Anyone going? I'll be on the inaugural.

-Kinglobjaw

 

[nycbusdriver]

US Airways just posted schedules for the first US Airways flights to/from Rio de Janeiro.

http://www.usairways.com/awa/Content...rio...?c=hp_txt_00653

Anyone going? I'll be on the inaugural.

-Kinglobjaw

The link returns an error.

Looked at the website, and the blurb says the 767 has 18 Envoy seats. Not correct. It has 17 Envoy seats, and a crew rest seat in Envoy class.

 

[Be Careful What You Wish For.]

The link returns an error.

Not correct. It has 17 Envoy seats, and a crew rest seat in Envoy class.

What were you saying about BB?

 

[az_wild727]

Here's the correct link:

http://www.usairways.com/awa/Content/trave...?c=hp_txt_00653

-Kinglobjaw

 

[Dog Wonder]

Hope IT doesn't screw up and put you and Mom in coach.

 

[fudgerunyard]

Hope IT doesn't screw up and put you and Mom in coach.

Ouch.....only 17 Business class seats??? Is that the configuration for all 767's?

 

[PHL]

Ouch.....only 17 Business class seats??? Is that the configuration for all 767's?

Technically, the press release is correct. There are 18 physical seats. Nevermind that one is blocked from ever being used....

And, yes, all the US 762s have 18 J seats.

 

[nycbusdriver]

What were you saying about BB?

He's my idol!

 

[Itestwell]

Ouch.....only 17 Business class seats??? Is that the configuration for all 767's?

Yah, US needs to add seats to its business cabin:

http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10001952/p...ercent-or-more/


Fudgey- wudgey for CEO!

 

[fudgerunyard]

Yah, US needs to add seats to its business cabin:

http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10001952/p...ercent-or-more/


Fudgey- wudgey for CEO!

Well, after having read the article, LCC sould be in good shape!!! I mean, seeing as how they don't have to worry about the precipitious drop Asia and South America has seen in business travel recently. When the economy turns around however, that's going to be a different story, though again, it probably won't affect LCC much as they're not known for their Business Class offerings and there clearly isn't much demand for it. Most airlines have more first class seats on narrow-body aircraft than LCC has Business Class offerings on their flagship widebody, the 20 year old 767-200.

 

[HottootrotNyc]

Must like it won't affect the likes of, oh say, Delta. Considering Delta to runs around with 20 year old 76-300's and the same type of seats as airways, they should be in the same pool. Then again US Airways new seats are light years a head of Delta. The pod's are amazing, compared to the cheap platstic, barely padded, bought off the internet seats, Delta is going for. I hardly doubt you could really consider a few 777's DL has a flagship, there simply is enough to go around. I guess those tired 747's are the actually flagship.

I am quite thankful Airways and United and Continental are ailigning products and offering the best to our customers in Star Alliance. A tranfer of a Continental customer to Delta in sky team, always left our customers with much to be desired once the boarded a Delta aircraft.

 

[700UW]

The flagship widebody would be the A330, not the 767.

 

[fudgerunyard]

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[az_wild727]

Just wondering if the outbound flight crews originate in CLT or PHL? I know the flight CLT-GIG will be crewed by PHL based employees, but will they originate in PHL and work both PHL-CLT and CLT-GIG that same evening?

I'm going to route ORD-PHL-CLT-GIG on the outbound so I'm curious. Keeping my fingers crossed they start the festivities in PHL!

-Kinglobjaw

 

[Dog Wonder]

Nothing says Rio like samba dancers.