ASA opens MCO as hub!!
5.1.08 Orlando bound! ASA adds MCO to list of hubs 05/01/2008 ASA will begin operating four new lines of CRJ200 flying out of Orlando International Airport Thursday as part of our May schedule. An average of 10.7 departures per day from MCO will take customers to AVL, EYW, HSV, LEX, LIT, MSY, NAS, PFN, RDU, RIC, SDF, TLH and TYS. To help support ASA’s MCO operation, our Maintenance and Engineering division is planning for up to 12 people to be based in Orlando, making it our ninth location where ASA mechanics are on site full time. Currently, eight mechanics are on TDY in MCO to support our operation start-up there.
ASA’s May schedule averages 782 flights per day, down froman average of 807 flights per day in April. On June 5, ASA’s schedule will jump again to an average of 872 daily flights.