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More choice to Charlotte
American Airlines continues to grow its services from London Heathrow (LHR) by adding a second daily frequency to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) beginning 14 September. The additional service will be operated by US Airways with an Airbus A330-200 aircraft featuring fully lie-flat seats in the Business Class cabin. .
Daily nonstop service
This service complements existing flight US731 departing LHR at 10:05am and arriving in CLT at 2:00pm while flight US730 departs CLT at 6:55pm arriving in LHR at 750am the following day.
American currently has almost 700 daily departures from Charlotte to over 140 destinations and operates up to 17 daily flights from London Heathrow to Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia and Raleigh Durham in addition to other U.K. services from Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh plus flights from Dublin and Shannon in Ireland.
Service and comfort throughout
While onboard the Airbus A330, customers can enjoy international Business Class featuring spacious seating, restaurant-style meals, award-winning wines, personal on-demand entertainment and an amenity kit filled with luxury organic beauty products from red flower.
Starting this Summer, US Airways customers will begin to enjoy new and increased inflight entertainment options, including Bose® headphones and double the in-seat entertainment options.
Business Class offers everything our customers need to work, relax and sleep in the utmost comfort to arrive refreshed, relaxed and ready to do business.
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