More Inaugural Lift to D.C. from US Airways
Lots of airlines are adding seats to the Washington, D.C. area for the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States. Consider US Airways’ contribution. The carrier, which in an earlier incarnation was once based in D.C., is laying on more flights to all three Beltway airports: Reagan Washington National (DCA), Washington Dulles International (IAD), and Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International (BWI).
Cumulatively, look for 27 extra flights between January 17 and 18. After the inaugural, on January 20 and 21, there will be an additional 16 flights to take folks back home.
US Airways will be lofting extra seats from the three Washington, D.C. area airports to its trio of hubs in Charlotte (CLT), Philadelphia (PHL), and Phoenix (PHX).
In addition, there will be more flights to New York LaGuardia (LGA), Orlando (MCO), Tampa (TPA), Detroit (DTW), Indianapolis (IND), Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Nashville (BNA), Louisville (DSF), and Kansas City (MCI).
D.C. is bracing for record crowds — perhaps between three and five million people — for the inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama.
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