Clearly, the competition between American and Delta is taking a turn. After opting out of an interline agreement with Delta, American may be restarting a route once served by US Airways, DCA to Atlanta. I say “may” because this news is from an airliners.net thread.
DCA – ATL is not a small market. Delta offers hourly service , and it is one that gets the benefit of almost always departing from the T concourse if you are originating from Atlanta….not a small deal as those of us who live in Atlanta and fly Delta can attest to. A lot of US Airways customers may remember when US served the market years before the merger with AA. Southwest also offers multiple flights a day between ATL and DCA.
I’m trying to confirm this news. If true, this could be one to watch.
UPDATE: I have confirmed that this new 5x daily service will be loaded for sale this weekend and begins January 5, 2016. The service will be operated by Republic with E175 aircraft.
Well, after the latest “enhancements” to C+ this weekend, I’m switching back over to AA despite living in DL’s fortress hub. Having to connect through CLT for my twice monthly trips to DCA was the last thing keeping me from going all in with AA. I think there are a fair amount of people like me that will help keep the flights full. The only bad thing is that this is 547 miles, and the 51 mile buffer for upgrades no longer applies…
AA is totally doable living in Atlanta. Wish they weren’t now a split operation between T and D….but it is what it is.
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It will be interesting to see if this is more viable with the addition of the AA flyers…I remember back in 2005 when US tried DCA-ATL, DTW, ORD and I had a chance to try the DCA-ORD sector…seven people to ORD on an E145 and about five people on the return in a E170…the flights didn’t last much longer after my early September trip!