New, Daily Nonstop is US Airways’ First-Ever Service to the Middle
East
US Airways (NYSE:LCC) debuts new, daily nonstop flying to Tel Aviv from
its international gateway at Philadelphia International Airport today,
linking the two sister cities and bolstering travel options between
Israel and the United States.
Senior Vice President, East Coast, International and Cargo Operations
Suzanne Boda said, “Tel Aviv is an extremely exciting component of our
trans-Atlantic portfolio and we’re pleased by the strong bookings our
newest route is seeing. We look forward to offering this service and
greatly appreciate the partnership of the Philadelphia Division of
Aviation.”
New Airbus A330-200 aircraft with seating for 20 in Envoy—US Airways’
trans-Atlantic business class—and 238 in the main cabin will operate the
year-round flying. The route will also be the longest in the US Airways
system at more than 5,700 miles. Schedule detail is as follows:
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Routing
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Flight
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Frequency
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Departure
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Arrival
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Start Date
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Philadelphia
– Tel Aviv
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US796
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Daily
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9:15 p.m.
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3:30 p.m.
next day
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July 1, 2009
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Tel Aviv –
Philadelphia
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US797
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Daily
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11:15 p.m.
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5:10 a.m.
next day
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July 2, 2009
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Tel Aviv is the third of three new trans-Atlantic routes from
Philadelphia in 2009. Birmingham, U.K. and Oslo, Norway offerings began
in May.
US Airways was America’s number one on-time airline in 2008 among the
“Big Six” hub-and-spoke airlines according to the U.S. Department of
Transportation’s (DOT) monthly Air Travel Consumer Report. US Airways,
along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates
approximately 3,200 flights per day and serves more than 200 communities
in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. The
airline employs more than 33,000 aviation professionals worldwide and is
a member of the Star Alliance network, which offers our customers more
than 16,500 daily flights to 912 destinations in 159 countries
worldwide. And for the eleventh consecutive year, the airline received a
Diamond Award for maintenance training excellence from the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) for its Charlotte, North Carolina hub line
maintenance facility. For more company information, visit usairways.com.
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