The Boeing 787 will soon take to the skies for All-Nippon Airways. To mark the occasion, here’s a look back at my first flights on some of the great commercial aircraft of our era.
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Airline Update – Phoenix to Jamaica
Wow, check it out! There’s now a new international destination from the Nation’s Least International International Airport (aka Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport).
This one comes to us from US Airways, which is offering seasonal nonstop service from Phoenix to Montego Bay, Jamaica, starting Dec. 17 and running through April 12, 2010. That’s aboard an Airbus A319 – so some of you won’t being going, I guess!
I can see this being a smart move – Jamaica is a nice destination, and this allows us to skip a stop in Houston or Dallas (which we’d have to endure with other airlines). I imagine it’s seasonal service because it’s mind-numbingly hot and humid in Jamaica during the summer.
I was kind of surprised at first that an A319 has the legs for that trip. But the more I thought about it, the more sense it made: From Phoenix, 737s can reach Alaska and Costa Rica. That’s not much of a stretch. But hey, I grew up in an era when 767s went from here to Chicago.
