Starting Dec. 22, New Haveners will be able to fly once a week from Tweed-New Haven Airport to North Carolina to a hub connecting to 150 other destinations.
Tweed announced the weekly Saturday American Airlines nonstop flight to Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in a press release issued Monday.You can buy tickets here.)
“We are confident that the addition of this flight, with hopes for others to come, will solidify New Haven’s place as the transportation hub Connecticut needs to bring jobs to area residents,” Mayor Toni Harp, who has been lobbying against airport neighbors for paving more of the runway to accommodate more flights, states in the release.
Added Economic Development Corporation CEO Ginny Kozlowski: “The new service clearly demonstrates American’s confidence in the greater New Haven market, but there is still more work to be done to strengthen Tweed and make it the economic engine that our region so desperately needs.”
Well it is a start kudos's for American Airlines and City Hall to backdoor past the protests. Charlotte as a hub will be a better stop over than Philadelphia in the winter, better for all those snow-birds when your not on a tight schedule also more options to connect to the Caribbean. Recently booked a flight south from Tweed (PHL) and found the fare cheaper than Bradley and only $20 less than LaGuardia, so unless I take local buses and the subway I'll save money on getting to the airport.