Delta to Begin Direct Flights from Charlottesville to New York

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Posted: 4:14 PM Dec 16, 2011 Delta to Begin Direct Flights from Charlottesville to New York Media Release The current CHO-LGA service provided by US Airways with a 37 seat turbo-prop aircraft will be replaced by a Delta Airlines 50 seat CRJ-200 regional jet by Summer 2012. Email Address: news@newsplex.com

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December 16, 2011

Delta Air Lines and US Airways recently won approval to transfer takeoff and landing rights at New York's LaGuardia and Washington D.C.'s Reagan National airports.

Under the agreement, Delta acquired 132 slot pairs (take off and landings) at LaGuardia from US Airways and US Airways acquired 42 slot pairs at Reagan National, as well as the rights to operate additional daily service to Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2015.

CHO’s current service to LGA was among those slots traded. Delta Airlines has announced that CHO will continue with service to LGA and will upgrade the flight to a 50 seat regional jet aircraft. The airline will be building LGA into a domestic hub and recognizes the important business connection between New York City and Charlottesville.

“Delta's recent decision to serve Charlottesville with a regional jet to New York is great news for the Central Virginia region. With jet service to hubs such as Atlanta, Charlotte, and Chicago and soon to be New York, along with the daily flights to Philadelphia and Dulles, CHO will continue to provide the most convenient gateway to the world for Central Virginia, “ said Barbara Hutchinson, Executive Director of Charlottesville Albemarle Airport.

The roundtrip service will begin July 11, 2012 departing at 7 a.m. with an 8:45 a.m. arrival time in New York (LGA). It will the depart LGA at 9:45 p.m. with an 11:30 p.m. arrival time in Charlottesville (CHO).

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Posted by: tommy Location: cho on Dec 17, 2011 at 07:49 AM

This is a long waited need. Thank you Delta! The existing 1960s aircraft are so old with torn seats. Trim is falling off inside. Just think about driving a 1960s beatup car.

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