End of Gatwick flights by US Airways...and US carriers

[Dont call me Shirley]

With the switch of the Charlotte-London service to Heathrow, today marks the end of US Airways flights to LGW, over 25 years after PI started flying there. It was the last US carrier to serve the airport. After the Bermuda II in 1977 agreement between the US and UK in liberalised air service , US carriers started flocking to Gatwick until almost every major could be seen there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_II

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Piedmont-Airlines/Boeing-767-201-ER/0951882/&sid=84c77338ba7e9fbd69eef50d7c0a718d

While LHR certainly has more connecting markets, there are many people who prefer Gatwick to very busy and crowded Heathrow.