Jordan McCarter was among the passengers on the inaugural nonstop flight Thursday from Chattanooga to Washington Dulles International Airport – a present for her recent birthday.
While her ultimate destination was Quebec, Canada, she liked that Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport has gained another city for nonstop service and connecting flights.
Some 49 of the 50 available seats were filled on the United Airlines flight. It’s a plane load that Lovell Field Chief Executive Officer Terry Hart said he’d gladly take for every lift-off of the new service.
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United Airlines flights to Washington Dulles depart at 2:42 p.m. and 7:35 p.m., and the flights to Chattanooga depart at 8:15 a.m. and 5:10 p.m. daily.
The inaugural flight for United Airlines from Chattanooga to Washington Dulles emerges from the spray of water canons and departs at 2:42, Thursday afternoon under an arch of water sprayed by the Chattanooga Airport Fire Department.
“United has a robust hub [at Dulles],” Hart said, with lots of connections to the East Coast and Europe.