US Airways announced a major seasonal expansion
of international service from its Charlotte hub to several new
destinations in Europe. The schedules for the new services are as
follows. 
According to US Airways,
this bring the number of international destinations served from
Charlotte to 38, “ten cities in Europe and 28
in Canada, Mexico, Latin America, South
America and the Caribbean. US Airways now serves 145
airports in 28 countries from Charlotte.” A big question
will be how much of this international service continues if the
merger with American is approved. I think it is certain that there
will be changes, and some destinations will be dropped. A good bit
of the island destinations may be at risk.
Being the resident contrarian, I do not think that the Charlotte
hub itself is at risk, and could even see additional services to
London, and perhaps Madrid (thinking Oneworld connections). No
matter what happens, it will be interesting to watch things
unfold as we move forward. -MJ, October 21, 2013
Big News for Charlotte from US Airways
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It’s almost certain they’ll eventually drop one of those hubs, but MIA, CLT, and ORD are very safe, the former two being fortress hubs and the later being the only real hub in that part of the country.
CLT’s international service, particularly to caribbean and
europe, is definitely gonna be cut. it makes zero sense for US/AA
to have THAT many transatlantic gateways (JFK, PHL, CLT, MIA, and
to a certain degree, ORD).