However JetBlue’s nonstop flights to Las Vegas and Los Angeles took a break in April and resumed in Could.
“Whereas dissatisfied with LAX and LAS [Las Vegas] Timetable modifications deliberate for late October, and Richmond Worldwide Airport has a long-term perspective, “mentioned Patricia S. O’Bannon, chairwoman of the Capital Area Airports Fee and a Henrico County regulator, in an announcement.
“We’ve got seen great passenger visitors between Richmond and Los Angeles and Las Vegas since we resumed flights to each locations in Could,” she mentioned. “As air journey continues to get well from the pandemic, we count on the group’s potential to assist longer routes to western locations to develop even stronger.”
Los Angeles was Richmond Worldwide Airport’s largest vacation spot with no continuous service, with roughly 82,000 passengers touring between the 2 cities in 2019, the airport mentioned. Subsequent got here Las Vegas with round 76,000 passengers.
Previous to the addition, essentially the most westerly flight supplied by Richmond was to Denver. United Airways launched this continuous service in April 2016 and Southwest Airways added a every day continuous service between Richmond and Denver in Could.
Brian Anderson, the president and CEO of ChamberRVA, mentioned continuous providers to Los Angeles and Las Vegas started throughout a world pandemic when enterprise journey was just about non-existent.
