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Vickie Pleus, APR
Community Information Specialist
Airtran Airways offers nonstop service between LaGuardia and Daytona BeachAirTran Airways offers daily seasonal nonstop jet service between Daytona Beach International Airport (DBIA) and New York’s LaGuardia Airport. Flights can be booked today at airtran.com.
“This is very significant for our community,” said DBIA Director of Aviation Dennis McGee. “Nonstop service to LaGuardia will be of great benefit to the entire region.” McGee further commented that numerous local residents have family, friends and business connections in the New York City area, and they will benefit from this new, nonstop service. New York’s LaGuardia Airport is a centrally located downtown airport with excellent proximity to Connecticut, Long Island and New York City.
The new seasonal nonstop service departs Daytona Beach at 12:50 p.m., arriving at LaGuardia Airport at 3:25 p.m. The inbound flight from LaGuardia will depart New York at 1:10 p.m., arriving in Daytona Beach at 3:55 p.m. No ending date has been specified for this new nonstop service.
Daytona Beach International Airport, in cooperation with the Daytona Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority and the West Volusia Advertising Authority, plans to conduct an extensive advertising and marketing campaign to better inform the public of the availability of the new low-fare nonstop service and to promote traffic on the route.
Based in Atlanta and headquartered Orlando, AirTran Airways is a low-fare airline that serves more than 40 cities from Daytona Beach through its Atlanta hub. AirTran has the newest all-Boeing fleet of aircraft in America and offers free XM satellite radio, spacious overhead bins and assigned seating. AirTran Airways began service in Daytona Beach Jan. 11, 2007.
For additional information, please contact DBIA Director of Business Development Stephen J. Cooke, at 386/248-8030, ext. 8309
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