Article: Four W.Va. cities to get United flights to D.C.

United Airlines plans to begin offering direct flights next month between Washington, D.C., and nine East Coast cities, including four in West Virginia, the company announced Thursday.

Though touted as opening up the world to fliers in Beckley, Clarksburg, Morgantown and Parkersburg, the new service does not include Mercer County Airport, which lost its commercial air service last month.

Beginning Jan. 7, United Airline Express, through its regional partner Colgan Air, will begin offering flights aboard 34-seat Saab SF-340 aircraft between Washington-Dulles International Airport and Parkersburg; Bradford, Pa.; and Jamestown, N.Y., the airline said.

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