Jacksonville International Airport Continues to Make Headlines
Over the first five months of 2018, Jacksonville International Airport (JIA) has been in the news. Earlier this year, JIA announced its accolade of being ranked North America’s #1 airport for customer service according to customer surveys conducted by Airports Council International for the second year in a row; followed by news of two new nonstop flights on Allegiant to previously unrepresented cities of Louisville, Ky. and Norfolk, Va.; and the most recent announcement of six new destinations to be served by Frontier Airlines according to Jacksonville Business Journal five of which are new destinations for JIA.
Ultra-low-cost carriers (ULCCs) are not the only airlines expanding at JIA. Southwest recently invested in a new route to Fort Lauderdale and United service to Denver began in April. The airlift schedule for June represents a substantial increase in service over 2017 with a 17.3 percent YOY growth in flights and 15.8 percent in seats. This is good news for the JAX region, its residents and businesses.
Once today’s announced flights begin service in August, travel to 40 different airports in North America can be reached nonstop to/from Jacksonville. Those cities are:
- Atlanta
- Austin
- Baltimore
- Boston
- Buffalo
- Charlotte
- Chicago (O’Hare and Midway)
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Columbus
- Dallas (Dallas-Fort Worth and Dallas Love)
- Denver
- Detroit
- Fort Lauderdale
- Houston (George Bush Intercontinental and Houston Hobby)
- Indianapolis
- Kansas City
- Las Vegas
- Louisville
- Marsh Harbour, Bahamas
- Miami
- Milwaukee
- Minneapolis
- Nashville
- New York (JFK and LaGuardia)
- Newark
- Norfolk
- Philadelphia
- Pittsburgh
- St. Louis (Lambert and Belleville)
- Tampa
- Toronto
- Trenton
- Washington, DC (Dulles and Reagan)