Getting to Florida from Washington, D.C., will get even easier in February when US Airways adds daily nonstop roundtrip service…
Getting to Florida from Washington, D.C., will get even easier in February when US Airways adds daily nonstop roundtrip service between Reagan National Airport and Fort Myers.
US Airways will operate 144 seat Boeing 737-400 aircraft with 12 First Class seats and 132 Coach Class seats on this route beginning February 9, 2003.
>From Washington, the flight will depart at 8:40 a.m., and will arrive in Fort Myers at 11:14 a.m. From Fort Myers, the flight will depart at 12:15 p.m., and will arrive in Washington at 2:29 p.m.
Florida continues to be one of the nation’s hot spots for vacation travel and a choice destination year-round for business gatherings. With our new service from Reagan National, we will provide the most direct means of transportation to and from Florida, offering 14 daily departures for Washington-area travelers, said Andrew P. Nocella, US Airways vice president of planning and scheduling. With more than 160 daily departures at Reagan National, customers from numerous communities in the Northeast will have more options to get them to and from the Sunshine State.
US Airways serves the following Florida destinations nonstop from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: Fort Lauderdale; Jacksonville; Orlando; Tampa and West Palm Beach, in addition to Fort Myers in February. As Washington’s hometown airline, US Airways, US Airways Express and US Airways Shuttle serve 38 destinations nonstop from Reagan National.
With the new schedule at Fort Myers, US Airways will operate 11 daily departures from Southwest International Airport. In addition to the new Washington service, US Airways is adding more service from Fort Myers with flights to Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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