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New Destinations from Richmond Include Jacksonville, San Francisco, Hartford, Las Vegas, and Providence

New York, NY (February 19, 2021) – Breeze Airways, the Seriously Nice™ new U.S. low-fare airline, is adding new service today from Richmond to Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), the airline’s 18th destination nationally.  The new route is a Saturday-only roundtrip for now. “Breeze’s business model is to add ‘nice, new nonstop’ flights on routes…

Conveying a Sense of Place to Richmond Region Visitors

For the month of November 2021, Richmond International Airport (RIC) reports a passenger count of 344,481, a 155.1 percent increase over the total for November 2020 and a 92.3 percent recovery of passenger traffic from pre-pandemic November 2019.   Delta Air Lines was the month’s market leader with a 30.9 percent share, closely followed by…

Richmond, VA (December  6, 2021) –Breeze Airways, the Seriously Nice™ new U.S. low-fare airline, is adding a new route from Richmond International Airport (RIC) to Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) in February, its first new market addition since the airline’s debut in May. With the new route, Breeze will now serve 4 destinations from Richmond:…

Dulles-Based Company Undertakes Second Development Project at RIC to Support Cargo Transfer, Logistics, or Air Cargo Operations

With vaccinations on the rise and COVID-19 cases going down, air travel is revving back up, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome travelers back to our Richmond International Airport (RIC) terminal. The increase in the number of travelers makes it even more important to arrive at the terminal at least 90 minutes prior…

Richmond International Airport (RIC) is about to get a whole lot cooler. We’re excited to announce that RIC is one of 16 airports selected to join the inaugural network of Breeze Airways, the new “Seriously Nice” U.S. carrier from David Neeleman, who previously founded JetBlue, Brazil’s Azul, Canada’s WestJet, and Utah-based Morris Air, which was…

New Flights Arrive “Just in Time” for Spring and Summer Trips