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US Airways, United add commuter flights:
- US Airways is returning to Melbourne, Florida, after a 12-year hiatus. It launches three daily 70-seat flights from its Charlotte hub on February 11.
- United Airlines is expanding to some smaller markets. The expansion is with 50-seat regional jets. From its Chicago/O’Hare hub, United Express will begin flying February 11 to Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Hancock/Houghton and Muskegon, Michigan; and Paducah, Kentucky.
- Say goodbye to Flyglobespan, which stopped flying earlier this week after going into the British equivalent of bankruptcy. It is best known in the United States as the airline that stranded a planeload of passengersin New York for almost a week because it refused to give them passage on other carriers during a flight disruption.
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