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At approximately 7:50PM local Philadelphia time, a US Airways Boeing 757 should begin boarding. The flight? A nonstop service to Oslo, Norway. US Airways press release here.
As with all the other US Airways transatlanic B757 services, there are 12 Envoy seats upfront and 164 in the back. Duration of the flight is approximately 8:00 hours and Great Circle Mapper tells us all it’s 3776 miles.

This is the third of four new transatlantic services US Airways launched since April:

• Charlotte, NC to Paris commenced April 21, 2009
• Philadelphia to Birmingham, UK commenced May 12, 2009
• Philadelphia to Oslo, Norway begins this evening

That leaves us Philadelphia to Tel Aviv which commences on July 2, 2009.

One last interesting tidbit. The flight (US788)  from Philly to Oslo is the continuation of the inbound flight from Ft. Lauderdale. That segment is operated with a B734.

Have a nice clicK life,

-Mark

As of right now, US Airways flight US726 has just under two hours left until it arrives in Birmingham. Water salute on arrival? Maybe!

Anyway, the flight which is a seasonal service operated by an ETOPS 757 seems to have to gone out with two empty Envoy seats and a rather light load in coach.

The flight is operated five times per week (doesn’t operate outbound on Mondays and Wednesday, thus no returns on Tuesdays & Thursdays). We all know what the means, right? It means tonight’s crew gets an extra night in Birmingham!

Personally, Birmingham, UK sounds interesting as it might be getting some heavy “action” in the upcoming months with an A380 service planned to/from the Middle East and a Greek airline possibly starting 747 service into the airport. When it comes to North American nonstop services, the only other airline- Continental, flies year round from Newark.

Hope US does well on the route.

Have a nice clicK life,

-Mark

The following is the entire US Airways transatlantic schedule from both PHL and CLT for Summer 2009. What I found interesting is that all destinations this summer are DAILY.

While looking through the schedules, I realized FRA will now get three A330-300′s daily and photographers will get a chance to snap three of these jets together. The three will be on the ground simultaneously from 10:15AM to 11:10 AM local time, given all three are on time. Also, MUC  for the first time ever, has been upgraded to A330-300 service, while LHR has been downgraded to a 767.

If I recall correctly, US has nine A330-300′s. It seems no spares will be left behind on the ground since all will be in used every evening on these routes:

• PHL-MAD
• PHL-CDG
• PHL-FRA (X2 daily)
• PHL-MUC
• PHL-MAN
• PHL-FCO
• CLT-FRA
• CLT-LGW

I didn’t list the Rio De Janeiro schedules as they are still pending approval from the DOT, but you can read about the proposed schedule in one of my earlier posts.

Here are the 2009 PHL/CLT transatlatnic flights:

 

From Philadelphia, PA

 

PHL-DUB (Dublin, Ireland) Aircraft: B757

US722 PHL (8:40AM)  - DUB (8:15AM+1)
US723 DUB (11:15AM) - PHL (1:55PM)

 

PHL-SNN (Shannon, Ireland) Aircraft: B757

US776 PHL (9:20PM)  - GLA (9:00AM+1)
US777 GLA (12:00PM) - PHL (2:20PM)

 

PHL-GLA (Glasgow, Scotland) Aircraft: B757

US768 PHL (6:45PM)  - GLA (6:45AM+1)
US769 GLA (10:15AM) - PHL (1:00PM)

 

PHL-MAN (Manchester, England) Aircraft: A330-300

US734 PHL (8:45PM)  - MAN (8:45AM+1)
US735 MAN (10:55AM) - PHL (1:40PM)

 

PHL-LHR (London-Heathrow, England) Aircraft: B767

US728 PHL (10:40PM) - LHR (11:05AM+1)
US729 LHR (1:05PM)  - PHL (4:20PM)

 

PHL-LGW (London-Gatwick, England) Aircraft: B757

US728 PHL (6:20PM)  - LGW (6:55AM+1)
US729 LGW (9:50AM) - PHL (1:10PM)

 

PHL-BHX (Birmingham, England) Aicraft: B757

US726 PHL (6:05PM)  - BHX (6:25AM+1)
US727 BHX (8:45AM) - PHL (11:50AM)

 

PHL-LIS (Lisbon, Portugal) Aicraft: B757

US738 PHL (8:25PM)  - LIS (8:30AM+1)
US739 LIS (10:35AM) - PHL (1:25PM)

 

PHL-MAD (Madrid, Spain) Aicraft: A333-300

US740 MAD (6:30PM)  - MAD (8:00AM+1)
US741 MAD (12:50PM) - PHL (3:15PM)

 

PHL-BCN (Barcelona, Spain) Aicraft: B767

US742 PHL (6:30PM)  - BCN (8:35AM+1)
US743 BCN (12:10PM) - PHL (3:15PM)

 

PHL-CDG (Paris, France) Aicraft: A330-300

US754 PHL (6:15PM)  - CDG (7:55AM+1)
US755 CDG (11:30AM) - PHL (1:55PM)

 

PHL-BRU (Brussels, Belgium) Aicraft: B757

US750 PHL (8:35PM)  - BRU (10:25AM+1)
US751 BRU (12:45PM) - PHL (3:25PM)

 

PHL-AMS (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Aicraft: B757

US798 PHL (6:35PM)  - AMS (8:35AM+1)
US799 AMS (10:45AM)  - PHL (1:15PM)

 

PHL-ZRH (Zurich, Switzerland) Aicraft: B767

US710 PHL (6:20PM)  - ZRH (8:25AM+1)
US711 ZRH (10:25PM) - PHL (1:30PM)

 

PHL-FRA (Frankfurt, Germany) Aicraft: A330-300 X2

US700 PHL (4:15PM)  - FRA (6:10AM+1)
US701 FRA (11:10AM) - PHL (1:15PM)

US702 PHL (8:20PM) - FRA (10:15AM+1)
US703 FRA (1:10PM) - PHL (3:50PM)

 

PHL-MUC (Munich, Germany) Aicraft: A330-300

US706 PHL (6:40PM)  - MUC (9:00AM+1)
US707 MUC (12:30PM) - PHL (3:55PM)

 

PHL-FCO (Rome, Italy) Aicraft: A330-300

US718 PHL (6:05PM)  - FCO (8:45AM+1)
US719 FCO (11:15AM) - PHL (2:55PM)

 

PHL-MXP (Milan, Italy) Aicraft: B767

US716 PHL (3:50PM)  - MXP (6:00AM+1)
US717 MXP (10:00AM) - PHL (1:10PM)

 

PHL-VCE (Venice, Italy) Aicraft: B767

US714 PHL (6:25PM)  - VCE (9:05AM+1)
US715 VCE (11:35AM) - PHL (3:20PM)

 

PHL-ARN (Stockholm, Sweden) Aicraft: B757

US752 PHL (8:15PM)  - ARN (10:45AM+1)
US753 ARN (1:00PM) - PHL (3:55PM)

 

PHL-OSL (Oslo, Norway) Aicraft: B757

US788 PHL (8:35PM)  - OSL (10:35AM+1)
US789 OSL (1:00PM) - PHL (3:45PM)

 

PHL-ATH (Athens, Greece) Aicraft: B767

US758 PHL (4:15PM)  - ATH (9:10AM+1)
US759 ATH (11:45AM) - PHL (4:00PM)

 

PHL-TLV (Tel Aviv, Israel) Aicraft: A330-200

US796 PHL (9:15PM)  - TLV (3:30PM+1)
US797 TLV (11:15PM) - PHL (5:10AM+1)

 

 

From Charlotte, NC

 

CLT-LGW (London-Gatwick, England) Aicraft: A330-300

US732 CLT (6:45PM)  - LGW (7:40AM+1)
US733 LGW (10:40AM) - CLT (2:25PM)

 

CLT-FRA (Frankfurt, Germany) Aicraft: A330-300

US732 CLT (4:30PM)  - FRA (7:00AM+1)
US733 FRA (11:45AM) - CLT (3:15PM)

 

CLT-CDG (Paris, France) Aicraft: B767

US770 CLT (4:30PM)  - CDG (6:40AM+1)
US771 CDG (12:00PM) - CLT (3:35PM)

 

Have a nice clicK life,
-Mark