![]() In Cincinnati, the spring break travel numbers were even higher, about 8,000-9,000 daily passengers. In Columbus, average departing passengers rose to 6,400 in March during spring break - close to half of the airport’s pre-pandemic spring break levels, even though many Ohio colleges did not have a spring break, including Ohio State. The number of destinations from Cleveland could increase by nearly a quarter into summer months, according to airline data.Īirlines are hoping to ride the momentum from a spring break travel surge into the summer. ![]() ![]() In Cleveland, there's a mix of returning flights - routes that were paused - and new flights being added. “We all live in Ohio and we want to get away from the gray skies and go somewhere with a beach and ocean.”ĬVG expects to have 53 nonstop destinations this travel season, just shy of the 54 it had before the pandemic, Kerhsner said. “Leisure destinations are coming back first, especially destinations in Florida,” McQuaide said. Service remains disrupted to San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Toronto, Raleigh, N.C., JFK, Punta Cana, D.R. and New Orleans. Most of the 47 nonstop-flight routes from Columbus’s two airports, Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) and John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH), that were operated pre-pandemic are coming back, McQuaide said. United will fly more than 100% of its pre-pandemic schedule to Latin America this season, according to the airline.Īs a result, more routes from Ohio will service connecting hubs, and nonstop routes to Cancun will be busy, Ohio airport officials said. Internationally, Latin America destinations are expected to be popular this summer because the region is more open for travel than other parts of the world. Allegiant Air is beginning new service to Key West, Fla. In Cincinnati, suspended routes have either recently returned or airlines are planned to resume this summer to Boston, Paris, Houston, New York, Seattle, San Francisco, and Toronto. “These new destinations that we're seeing are starting to show that travel is coming back and that it might be a little bit different than it was before the pandemic,” said Sarah McQuaide, a Columbus Regional Airport Authority representative. Delta service to Boston, Mass. resumes May 5.Southwest service to Myrtle Beach, S.C.Spirit airlines routes to Los Angeles and Pensacola, Fla.American service to LaGuardia in New York started April 3. ![]() In Columbus, other routes coming back include the following: It follows a major announcement from United Airlines that the company is offering new service beginning just before Memorial Day from Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati to meet the surging demand for leisure destinations. The trends are occurring across the state. Frontier Airlines in a news release Tuesday said it will begin nonstop flights between Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) and Atlanta on June 11, the latest of many recent announcements of more service to warm states. “This is unique for our size of airport and is more than a 50% increase compared to summer 2019,” spokesperson Mindy Kershner said. Nonstop flights are expected to operate to 14 different destinations in Florida this summer from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), with more than 200 weekly flights. There are also fewer flights operating back and forth from business destinations, officials confirm. COLUMBUS, Ohio - When summer rolls around, the number of nonstop flight routes for travelers in Ohio is expected to be nearly the same as pre-pandemic levels, but the service map will look different, officials said. ![]()
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