Originally Posted by
Dread Pirate Jeff
I fly out of RDU and every time I try to book a .eu flight on US, the flight options always depart from PHL, so even when I do fly through CLT, it's just a stop on the way to PHL before Europe. Though I did do some checking on Matrix earlier and didn't find a single CLT-BRU flight (though BRU is listed as a non-stop serviced city), but there are flights to FRA from CLT... next time I'm gonna have to try to get those flights. I like CLT far better than PHL, though the international terminal at PHL IS fairly nice, compared to the rest of the place.
Either way, its neat to learn something new.
We launched 4 new international flights to Europe this year- Barcelona, Manchester (UK), Brussels and Lisbon, all seasonal.
Charlotte to Brussels is a seasonal route that launched this year. Service ended sometime in August and unfortunately probably won't be returning next year, as BRU is a *A hub. Same with CLT-Lisbon, that flight probably won't return next year.
As for flights from CLT to Manchester, I have heard that the 757 service did not make money becuase the 757 could not carry containerised cargo and that we had to turn away a lot of cargo. In addition the US Airways Manchester, UK station manager said that service from Charlotte will resume in 2016 with a widebody.
And finally flights to Barcelona from Charlotte, who knows what will happen, it might stay, it might not. But these are all the international destinations served in Europe from Charlotte: (*=service may unfourtnately be cut)
London Heathrow X2 A333/332
Manchester, UK 752*
Dublin, Ireland 752
Paris A333
Brussels, Belgium 762*
Frankfurt X2 A332
Rome A333
Barcelona A332*
Madrid 762
Lisbon, Pourtugal 752*
Currently only London Heathrow and one daily Frankfurt flight are year-round, the rest are currently seasonal. However CLT-MAD and CLT-DUB are rumoured to both be going year-round on Airbus A330-200s.