Tickets are now on sale for a new flight destination out of Asheville.
Delta Airlines will begin direct nonstop service to Austin, Texas, June 13, “a direct link to one of the country’s most vibrant cities for music, food, tech, and culture,” it announced in a Jan. 30 news release.
Those flights will depart Saturdays through Sept. 5 with expanded service for Fourth of July weekend, it said.
Sales began Jan. 31, a Delta spokesperson said in a Jan. 30 email.
Asheville Regional Airport will also see more frequent flights to Chicago on larger planes starting in the spring, airport spokesperson Angi Daus told the Times-News Feb. 2 in a text message.
That comes as the Asheville area saw heavy snow, leading to more than a dozen cancelations over the weekend of Jan. 30, she said.
“Overall things went well and safely. Crews worked hard to allow for as much of our operations to take place as was deemed appropriate by the airlines and other operators on our airfield,” Daus said.
Because of extremely cold weather, the airport’s taxi and ride app pickup spot is temporarily directly outside the terminal, outside the ticketing lobby, through Jan. 4, she said.
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George Fabe Russell is the Henderson County Reporter for the Hendersonville Times-News. Tips, questions, comments? Email him at GFRussell@gannett.com.
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