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Last update - 10:12 20/08/2008 U.S. Airways applies to open direct Philadelphia-Tel Aviv line By The Associated Press and TheMarker Staff Tags: Israel flights, U.S. Airways  US Airways wants to offer year-round daily service between Philadelphia and Tel Aviv. The Tempe, Arizona-based carrier said Tuesday it is applying to start service in July 2009, subject to approval by the U.S. and Israeli officials. It will offer a single daily nonstop flight, will be the longest nonstop segment in the US Airways network, more than 9,000 kilometers. Relatively long-range Airbus A330-200 planes set for delivery in the spring will operate on the route, the company says. The flights from Philadelphia will take off at 9:15 P.M., Philly time, and land in Tel Aviv at 3:15 P.M. Israel time. In the other direction, the flights will leave Ben-Gurion International Airport at 11:50 P.M. and land in Philadelphia at 5:10 A.M local time. US Airways, which carries some two-thirds of airline passengers in and out of Philadelphia, began service from the city to London's Heathrow Airport last March. The carrier decided, however, to put off inaugurating another mega-long-distance route, to Beijing, because of the increase in fuel prices. As for Tel Aviv, US Airways had been planning to start service to Israel for more than a year. Advertisement "Announcing our first service to the Middle East is the perfect follow-up to our London Heathrow service, which began in March," US Airways chairman and CEO Doug Parker said in a statement. Related articles: Foreign airlines outranked El Al in a kashrut ranking by ultra-Orthodox rabbis Israeli airlines worry that Gaza war will ruin Pesach travel Turkish Airlines jet and Israir plane in near collision at Ben-Gurion Bookmark to del.icio.us   Tears of joy Shahar Zubari's bronze medal was Israel's first of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. 'Germ of corruption' Mahmoud Ahmadinejad repeats his prediction that Israel will be wiped off the map.   1.   about time 08:49  |  dave 20/08/08   2.   How nice...I wish I lived in Philadelphia, it`s beautiful 12:07  |  Dan 20/08/08   3.   #2 Walking in Philly. 18:30  |  Buick from Boca 20/08/08

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