ATA crashes ...
and makes it harder for Baltimore residents to get out of the country, according to this story by Tricia Bishop.
The Indianapolis-based airline tanked Wednesday, killing a deal it had with Southwest Airlines to offer cheap trips to Europe through BWI Marshall Airport, she writes.
This is the latest of a string of international carriers that have pulled out of the airport, such as Air Ghana, Aer Lingus, Icelandair and Mexicana.
There are still four international carriers --- USA3000, Air Jamaica, Air Canada and British Airways --- but BA offers the only transatlantic flight right now.
Why is this bad?
Well, Tricia points out that we now have fewer international flights out of BWI despite spending $147 million on an international terminal a decade ago.
A BWI spokesman says that Southwest is still talking to other airlines, that something could come through. But, right now, nothing official to announce.
Comments
Seems pretty hard to complete with Dulles within a couple of hours of here. I know when we flew to France for New Years, it was a no-brainer that we'd take the non-stop from Dulles to Paris, versus any flight from BWI that had to transfer in Newark (or one even transferred in Houston!).
Posted by: Michelle | April 7, 2008 12:11 PM