Apr. 6—New Orleans is adding a new airline carrier and two more direct flights to Florida, officials announced Tuesday.
Silver Airways, a regional airline that focuses on Florida, will start operating in June from the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner. Silver will offer direct flights twice a week to Jacksonville, Fla.
It's the second time in about a month that a new direct flight has been announced at MSY. In March, American Airlines said it would start a daily flight in May to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
American Airlines attributed the additional flights to the "anticipated increase in business travel this summer."
Silver, which is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale and owned by a Philadelphia-based private equity firm, says it operates about 100 daily flights in Florida and the Bahamas. It wasn't immediately clear if those were current numbers or from before the coronavirus pandemic crippled the travel industry.
The airline is in the process of replacing its SAAB aircraft with the ATR 600, a plane the carrier says is faster, can handle shorter runways and has more legroom for passengers. The new planes have 46 seats, according to Silver's website. The planes, in images released to media, are pink with a white flamingo painted on the tail.
The airline is offering special fares starting at $79 for the new direct flights from June 3 to July 11. See availability.
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