DAYTON — Dayton International Airport leaders said it’s been at least 25 years since the airport has had an expansion announcement like this.
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On Wednesday, we talked to Mutia Graham, traveling for work.
“Today, going to Chicago,” Graham said.
She’s a frequent flyer at Dayton International.
“I prefer it over the other airports in the local area,” she said. “It’s easy to process through.”
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Pretty soon, Breeze Airways will be taking off at Dayton’s airport.
Breeze already operates in Ohio at the Cincinnati, Columbus, and Akron-Canton airports.
Now they’re expanding into Dayton with four destinations.
Direct flights to Fort Lauderdale and Fort Myers in Florida, plus Raleigh-Durham in North Carolina.
The fourth trip is a flight to Sarasota with a stop in Raleigh-Durham, but flyers don’t have to get off the plane or move their bags during the short layover.
All four flights have one-way tickets starting under $70.
The airline says it’s optimistic about possible expansion in Dayton.
But to start, it’s a new airline coming to Dayton with four destinations.
“I’ve been here for 24 years. We’ve never had an announcement this large before,” Gil Turner, City of Dayton aviation director, said.
The city’s aviation director said he’s been working to land Breeze for an expansion into Dayton for the last three to four years.
“There’s a lot of potential here in Dayton for market growth,” Turner said.
Graham said she could see this leading to just that.
“Will definitely increase the foot-traffic and make it a little bit more convenient to go to some of those additional areas,” Graham said.
Anybody can start booking these new Breeze flights out of Dayton International right now.
The flights themselves start taking off in October and November.
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