US Airways Dividend Miles (Pre-FlightFund Merger) - New DCA-YYZ service

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SOURCE: US Airways
US Airways Express to Add Washington-Toronto Service

ARLINGTON, Va., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways Express will introduce new nonstop roundtrip service between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Toronto, effective July 7, 2002. US Airways Express carrier Piedmont Airlines will operate four daily nonstop flights on this route, and will add a fifth roundtrip flight on this route beginning Aug. 4, 2002.

FLIGHT SCHEDULE BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND TORONTO

Depart Washington Arrive Toronto
7 a.m. 8:50 a.m.
11:35 a.m. 1:15 p.m.
1:55 p.m. 3:45 p.m.
4:10 p.m. 5:55 p.m.
8:30 p.m. (effective Aug. 4) 10:10 p.m.

Depart Toronto Arrive Washington
7 a.m. (effective Aug. 4) 8:40 a.m.
9:15 a.m. 10:59 a.m.
2:20 p.m. 4 p.m.
4:05 p.m. 5:50 p.m.
6:15 p.m. 7:59 p.m.


US Airways Express will operate the new flights using 37-seat Dash-8 aircraft.

From Reagan National, US Airways, US Airways Express and US Airways Shuttle operate 155 daily departures and from Toronto, US Airways and US Airways Express operate 18 daily departures.

US Airways, the US Airways Express carriers and US Airways Shuttle provide service to 203 destinations worldwide, including 38 states in the U.S., Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cancun, Cozumel, Freeport, Grand Cayman, Montego Bay, Nassau, San Juan, Santo Domingo, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, and St. Croix. US Airways Express also serves North Eleuthera, Governors Harbour, Marsh Harbour and Treasure Cay from Florida. In Canada, US Airways serves Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. US Airways' European destinations are Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Manchester, Munich, Paris and Rome.

For more information on schedules and fares, contact US Airways reservations at 1-800-428-4322 or visit US Airways online at http://www.usairways.com .

SOURCE: US Airways

Are this new flight or is us once agian shifting flights from baltimore to national ?

Max

I am sure this is BWI transitioning to DCA.

BTW, this is one argument why IAD would have been helpful had it not been gutted - DCA's slot constraints means that some flights must be ditched such that others can be introduced.

Of course, battling Dash-8s to CRJs probably won't get you very far but that's a different story.

DCA had YYZ service pre-9/11. It was served by RJ's. I am guessing this a resumption of that service, plus a little from BWI.

I think that with a few exceptions, we will see all the DCA express flights go RJ before too long...

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by geo1004:
I think that with a few exceptions, we will see all the DCA express flights go RJ before too long...</font>

"From: RDU, NC, USA - US Gold"

You moved?

Actually I think this is the 3rd try for DCA-YYZ. I know they tried with mainline when the open skies agreement was reached, but that was pulled quickly. Then the RJ service pre 9/11, and then now with the Dash-8. Maybe the 3rd time will be the charm!

US is using a Dash-8 vs. AC's RJ's? You gotta be desperate for miles/segments to spend close to 2 hours on a Dash-8!

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by duxfan:
US is using a Dash-8 vs. AC's RJ's? You gotta be desperate for miles/segments to spend close to 2 hours on a Dash-8!</font>

The difference is about 15 minutes.