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Where should US Airways add for new long distance flight from DCA

Only see 1 Non-Stop flight using an East 319. Leaves DCA in the evening and returns as a Red-Eye

I think you are right...I confused a code share flt dca-ord-san on a 320 as the non stop. All non stops flts look to be on a 319.
 
3/21/2012 DOT filing for DCA-SAN: Notice of US Airways, Inc. of Beyond-Perimeter Service (DCA-SAN)
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NOTICE OF US AIRWAYS, INC.
OF BEYOND-PERIMETER SERVICE (DCA-SAN)
US Airways, Inc. ("US Airways"), under Order 2012-2-21, dated February
24, 2012, hereby notifies the Department of Transportation ("Department") that it
intends to operate one daily nonstop roundtrip flight between Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport (DCA) and San Diego International Airport (SAN).
US Airways intends to use its family of single-aisle, non-widebody Airbus
A319/320/321 aircraft to provide service on this route.
From June 8,2012, through July 10, 2012, US Airways proposes the
following daily schedule:
Flight 1065: Depart DCA 1740 Arrive SAN 2003 (A319)
Flight 1066: Depart SAN 2300 Arrive DCA 0700 (A319)
Effective July 11, 2012, US Airways schedule will change to:
Flight 65: Depart DCA 0855 Arrive SAN 1118 (A320)
Flight 66: Depart SAN 1230 Arrive DCA 2023 (A320)
US Airways is returning two slots it currently uses for service between
DCA and Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW): Slot ID 1344 in the 1300 hour (used to depart
Notice of US Airways
(DCA-SAN)
DCA at 1340 for DFW); and Slot 10 1571 in the 2000 hour (used to arrive in DCA
at 2059 from DFW).
 
Interesting they chose to give up a DFW flt to exchange for the san flt... instead of a phl or clt.....maybe the thinking is they will have plenty of dca-dfw flts after a certain transaction is completed.
 
"Once the new flights begin, 99 percent of the airline's available seat miles (ASMs) will operate to or from its core service areas and US Airways Shuttle that operates hourly between Washington, Boston and New York's LaGuardia Airport."

What is the other 1%? Is BOS-PIT and LGA-ILM part of that? What else?
 
"Once the new flights begin, 99 percent of the airline's available seat miles (ASMs) will operate to or from its core service areas and US Airways Shuttle that operates hourly between Washington, Boston and New York's LaGuardia Airport."

What is the other 1%? Is BOS-PIT and LGA-ILM part of that? What else?

Still some at-risk flying out of PIT with Trans States Airlines... PIT-STL, PIT-BDL, PIT-RDU, etc.

So Assumes Jester
 
3/21/2012 DOT filing for DCA-SAN: Notice of US Airways, Inc. of Beyond-Perimeter Service (DCA-SAN)
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NOTICE OF US AIRWAYS, INC.
OF BEYOND-PERIMETER SERVICE (DCA-SAN)
US Airways, Inc. ("US Airways"), under Order 2012-2-21, dated February
24, 2012, hereby notifies the Department of Transportation ("Department") that it
intends to operate one daily nonstop roundtrip flight between Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport (DCA) and San Diego International Airport (SAN).
US Airways intends to use its family of single-aisle, non-widebody Airbus
A319/320/321 aircraft to provide service on this route.
From June 8,2012, through July 10, 2012, US Airways proposes the
following daily schedule:
Flight 1065: Depart DCA 1740 Arrive SAN 2003 (A319)
Flight 1066: Depart SAN 2300 Arrive DCA 0700 (A319)
Effective July 11, 2012, US Airways schedule will change to:
Flight 65: Depart DCA 0855 Arrive SAN 1118 (A320)
Flight 66: Depart SAN 1230 Arrive DCA 2023 (A320)
US Airways is returning two slots it currently uses for service between
DCA and Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW): Slot ID 1344 in the 1300 hour (used to depart
Notice of US Airways
(DCA-SAN)
DCA at 1340 for DFW); and Slot 10 1571 in the 2000 hour (used to arrive in DCA
at 2059 from DFW).
Should not have a lot of competition, flights should have quite a few empty seats. Good choice for the marketing interns.
 
Should not have a lot of competition, flights should have quite a few empty seats. Good choice for the marketing interns.


Maybe there is a fair amount of business from the Government with folks going to Camp Pendleton, the SAN Naval base etc etc? Maybe the thought process is that the Government provides a large enough base revenue to cover most of the dead cost and if the business & consumer travel picks up then they have a good route?
 
Excuse my ignorance, but does this mean Alaska will start SAN as well, or are they going somewhere else?
 
US' new DCA-SAN is going to be started, and per the rules of all new beyond-perimeter slots, the airline has to give up one roundtrip in-perimeter. They feel this was the lowest yielding route to chop down. They'll still have near daily service.

No "this is because of a merger/overlap" sort of stuff going on here.
 

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