US Airways planning more international flights
The Business Journal of Phoenix - 2:16 PM MST Friday
US Airways plans to add more international flights over the next few years but not from its Western hubs in Phoenix and Las Vegas.
The Tempe-based carrier is adding flights between Philadelphia and three European cities this summer, Stockholm, Milan, and Lisbon.
US Air Senior Vice President Scott Kirby said the airline plans to add more European flights in 2007 and 2008 but not from Phoenix or Vegas because it does not have long-haul planes that can fly directly to Western or Eastern Europe or Asia.
The expansions will come from the airline's hub in Philadelphia.
US Airways' European expansion coincides with similar moves by traditional carriers who have found it difficult to compete domestically with low-cost flyers such as Dallas-based Southwest Airlines.
There currently is only one direct flight to Europe from Phoenix, a British Airways daily to London.
The Business Journal of Phoenix - 2:16 PM MST Friday
US Airways plans to add more international flights over the next few years but not from its Western hubs in Phoenix and Las Vegas.
The Tempe-based carrier is adding flights between Philadelphia and three European cities this summer, Stockholm, Milan, and Lisbon.
US Air Senior Vice President Scott Kirby said the airline plans to add more European flights in 2007 and 2008 but not from Phoenix or Vegas because it does not have long-haul planes that can fly directly to Western or Eastern Europe or Asia.
The expansions will come from the airline's hub in Philadelphia.
US Airways' European expansion coincides with similar moves by traditional carriers who have found it difficult to compete domestically with low-cost flyers such as Dallas-based Southwest Airlines.
There currently is only one direct flight to Europe from Phoenix, a British Airways daily to London.
