Gate agreement allows US Airways to add European flights
This is one more US airline flying nonstop from the US(Philadelphia). Any competition is good for this market!
The Associated Press
Jan 4, 2007 6:05 AM
PHILADELPHIA – Solving a dispute over departure gates will allow US Airways to add flights to Athens, Greece; Brussels, Belgium, and Zurich, Switzerland, in the spring, airport officials said.
City aviation director Charles J. Isdell said Wednesday that a plan to move Delta Air Lines to three gates in a terminal that US Airways had argued should be reserved for overseas flights would be delayed until October.
That would enable US Airways to lease the three gates to add the flights in the spring, postponing the Delta move until the summer travel season ends and US Airways cuts back service to Europe, Isdell said.
US Airways already flies between Philadelphia and 16 European cities. The airline said it would start daily flights to Athens on May 25; Brussels on June 1 and Zurich on June 8. Service to Brussels and Zurich will operate year-round while the flights to Athens will be seasonal, US Airways said.