American Airlines Launches New Nonstop Flights to Charlotte, North Carolina (CLT) from Flint with a Stock Car Escort and Water Cannon Salute

 The first American Airlines flight from Charlotte will arrive at 2:06 p.m. at Flint Bishop International Airport. The flight will be welcomed by a John Zink stock car replica on the taxiway and escorted through a water canon salute to the gate. “Sid” (the airport’s television spokesperson) will greet the aircraft at the terminal.

Nino Sapone, interim airport director, “we couldn’t think of a better way to welcome our first flight from ‘the Queen City’ of Charlotte—and the home of NASCAR--to the ‘vehicle city’ of Flint.  Over 40 businesses in our region fly regularly to Charlotte and the surrounding areas. This nonstop will provide great access to this vital portion of the country’s eastern seaboard, internationally and to my favorite, the Caribbean. Connecting to the largest flight banks in Charlotte, our passengers will have easy, quick access to the most popular destinations around the globe.”

“We are always looking to serve new destinations that are important to our customers and our team members,” said Dec Lee, vice president of CLT Hub Operations. “We are in the business of making the world more accessible and we are excited to be able to connect customers from Flint with as little as one stop to almost anywhere in the world through American’s second largest hub.”

Cathy Gentry, director of business operations, Sloan Museum & Longway Planetarium:  “We are pleased to have been able to partner with Flint Bishop to provide access to the John Zink Special Stock car replica to welcome the first American Airlines flight to Charlotte—the home of NASCAR."