Voulis County leaders Jason Davis, Joshua Wagner see 3rd carrier as plus for tourism
Photos for Headline Surfer® / DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Central Florida’s Daytona Beach International Airport will become a new destination for New York City's JFK Airport-based a year from now, the air carrier announced Friday.
The carrier will operate daily service from Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA code JFK) to Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB), using Airbus A320 jets configured with 150 or 165 seats.
And nobody in Volusia County government is happier with the news than first-term County Chair Jason Davis, who put a premium on economic development and tourism as major points in his 2012 election campaign.
"This is great news for Daytona Beach, the airport and the county ass a whole," Davis told Headline Surfer®.
"This is an example of real economic development when you can have direct flights from the Big Apple to Daytona and back," Davis added. "It also strengthens JetBlue's relationship with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, which is adjacent to Daytona Beach International Airport."
County Councilman Joshua Wagner echoed Davis' point saying JetBlue's new service provides "a great shot in the arm for tourism and travel for the Daytona Beach community and Central Florida as a whole."
And nobody in Volusia County government is happier with the news that JetBlue will be offering daily flights between New York City's JFK and Daytona Beach International Airport than first-term County Chair Jason Davis, who put a premium on economic development and tourism as major points in his 2012 election campaign.
"This is great news for Daytona Beach, the airport and the county ass a whole," Davis told Headline Surfer®. "This is an example of real economic development when you can have direct flights from the Big Apple to Daytona and back. It also strengthens JetBlue's relationship with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, which is adjacent to Daytona Beach International Airport."
County Councilman Joshua Wagner echoed Davis' point saying JetBlue's new service provides "a great shot in the arm for tourism and travel for the Daytona Beach community and Central Florida as a whole."
A JetBlue official reiterated those points by two of the Volusia County's elected leaders Davis and Wagner.
"We couldn't be more excited to launch yet another route that shows our deep commitment to Central Florida," said Scott Laurence, JetBlue's senior vice president of airline planning.
"We also have a long-standing relationship with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and are pleased to give the academic community there a new option for travel," Lawrence added.
Photos & graphic for HeadlineSurfer.com /The new service to Daytona Beach will create a direct link between JetBlue's main base of operations in New York and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world's largest, fully-accredited private university specializing in aviation and aerospace.
In 2007, JetBlue partnered with Embry-Riddle to launch the University Gateway Program, a unique opportunity that creates a path to a career with the airline for aspiring aviators.
Embry-Riddle President John P. Johnson said in a prepared statement released through JetBlue that the new route will "strengthen an already great relationship between Embry-Riddle and JetBlue."
JetBlue's flights to Daytona Beach will be operated on a 150-seat Airbus A320 -- the largest aircraft to serve the airport on a regular basis -- and will offer the airline's award-winning service featuring assigned and comfortable seating; complimentary and unlimited name-brand snacks; more than 100 channels of free Siriusxm® radio programming and 36 channels of free, live Directv® programming on personal seat-back televisions; and the most legroom in coach.
Customers traveling between Daytona Beach and New York can enjoy onward connections to several cities in the Northeast with JetBlue as well as cities across the globe through JetBlue's three-dozen international airline partners.
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