The Embraer-145 adds 108 seats roundtrip each business day available to customers traveling to and from Birmingham, and connecting at Pittsburgh to more than 100 cities on the US Airways route network. The Embraer-145 Regional Jet flights also offers reclining seatbacks, large overhead storage bins, and a restroom.
Every seat is either by a window or on an aisle.
US Airways Express affiliate Trans States Airlines will operate the regional jet service. The Embraer-145 has a cruising speed of over 500 miles per hour with a range of more than 1,000 miles, and can cruise at altitudes above 35,000 feet, providing US Airways Express long range regional jet capability. US Airways and US Airways Express operate 13 daily nonstop departures from Birmingham to Charlotte, N.C., Huntsville, Ala., Knoxville, Tenn., Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. US Airways Express, part of the US Airways system, is a network of ten regional airlines operating over 2,200 daily flights. Members of US Airways ' Dividend Miles program earn a minimum 500 miles on all US Airways Express flights.