FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 13, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Starting November 6, 2014, Silver Airways is further expanding its already extensive Florida schedule by adding nearly 40 percent more flights within the Sunshine State. As Florida's hometown airline, Silver offers more routes within Florida and between Florida and the Bahamas than any other airline. The increased flying further cements Silver's position in Florida as it increases service to include over 560 weekly flights to 10 Florida cities, including 15 different non-stop routes within the state.
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"We look forward to even further expanding our intra-Florida footprint and giving our customers even more travel options with greater frequencies between key destinations throughout the Sunshine State," said Silver Airways CEO Sami Teittinen. "Our schedules are ideal for business travelers looking for multiple flight options that allow for a full day of work in either city, and leisure travelers enjoy the convenience of flying over the hassles and expense of driving."
In addition to intra-Florida flying, Silver's schedule offers connection opportunities for travel to Silver's popular destinations throughout the Bahamas, as well as additional destinations outside of Florida via its codeshare and numerous interline partners.
Silver Airways' increased flying starting November 6, 2014, includes additional service to/from Fort Lauderdale, Key West, Orlando, Fort Myers, Tampa, Pensacola, and Tallahassee. In addition, Silver recently started new service between Fort Lauderdale and Jacksonville, and between Orlando and Key West this summer.
Fort Lauderdale
Within Florida, Silver currently flies nonstop from Fort Lauderdale to Key West, Tampa, and Orlando, as well as one-stop service to Gainesville, Pensacola, and Tallahassee. In addition, Silver offers nonstop service to seven destinations in the Bahamas, including Bimini, Grand Bahama (Freeport), Eleuthera, the Abacos (Marsh Harbour and Treasure Cay), and Exuma (George Town). Increased flights starting November 6, 2014 include:
- an additional nonstop weekday flight between Fort Lauderdale and Key West for a total of four daily nonstop flights;
- an additional weekday flight between Fort Lauderdale and Tampa for a total of four flights per day, plus increased weekend service;
- weekday service between Fort Lauderdale and Orlando increasing from three to five flights per day, plus increased weekend service;
- daily same plane one-stop service between Fort Lauderdale and Gainesville;
- same plane one-stop service between Fort Lauderdale and Pensacola increasing from two to three flights per day;
- same plane one-stop weekday service between Fort Lauderdale and Tallahassee increasing to more than two flights per day.
Key West
Silver currently flies nonstop to Key West from Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Tampa and Orlando. Increased flights starting November 6, 2014 include:
- an additional weekday flight between Fort Lauderdale and Key West for a total of four daily flights;
- a second daily flight between Fort Myers and Key West;
- increased weekday flights between Tampa and Key West for a total of four daily flights;
- two additional nonstop flights between Orlando and Key West for a total of three nonstops, and an additional one-stop for a total of five daily direct flights;
- and daily same plane one-stop flight between Jacksonville and Key West.
Orlando
Silver currently flies nonstop from Orlando to Fort Lauderdale, Key West, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Tallahassee and Pensacola, as well as to Marsh Harbour in the Bahamas. Increased flights starting November 6, 2014 include:
- increased weekday service between Orlando and Fort Lauderdale from three to five flights per day, plus increased weekend service;
- two additional nonstop flights between Orlando and Key West for a total of three nonstops, and an additional one-stop for a total of five daily direct flights;
- an additional flight between Orlando and Fort Myers for a total of two daily flights;
- an additional flight between Orlando and Pensacola for a total of three daily flights;
- an additional flight between Orlando and Gainesville for a total of three daily flights, as well as convenient mid-day arrival and departure times.
Fort Myers
Silver currently flies nonstop from Fort Myers to Key West and Orlando. Increased flights starting November 6, 2014 include:
- resumption of second seasonal flight between Fort Myers and Key West;
- an additional nonstop flight between Fort Myers and Orlando for a total of two daily flights.
Tampa
Silver currently flies from Tampa to Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Key West, Jacksonville, Tallahassee and Pensacola. Increased flights starting November 6, 2014 include:
- increased weekday service between Tampa and Key West for a total of four daily flights;
- increased weekday service between Tampa and Fort Lauderdale from three to four daily flights, plus increased weekend service.
In addition, Silver's connections offer the ease and convenience of seamless booking, ticketing and baggage handling with connections to dozens of destinations that are available via the airline's codeshare with United Airlines and interline ticketing partnerships with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, US Airways, Alaska Airlines, Bahamasair, Hahn Air and All Nippon Airways.
Members of United's MileagePlus® and JetBlue's TrueBlue customer loyalty programs can also earn frequent flyer awards for travel throughout Silver's network. Flights on Silver Airways can be purchased via silverairways.com, as part of codeshare itineraries on united.com, as part of connecting itineraries with JetBlue via jetblue.com, and via major online travel agencies.
About Silver Airways
Silver Airways offers 130 daily flights to over 20 destinations in Florida, the Bahamas, and the Mid-Atlantic region from Washington-Dulles. The airline operates more routes within Florida and between Florida and the Bahamas than any other airline. Silver is a codeshare partner with United Airlines and has interline agreements with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, US Airways, Alaska Airlines, Bahamasair, Hahn Air, and All Nippon Airways. Recognized by both the industry and the traveling public, Silver was named 2013 Regional Airline of the Year by Air Transport World and one of the Top 10 "Best U.S. Airlines" in Condé Nast Traveler's 26th Annual 2013 Readers' Choice Awards. Silver's fleet is comprised of 27 34-seat Saab 340B Plus aircraft powered by highly reliable and fuel-efficient GE jet-turbine propeller engines. Silver is privately owned by Victory Park Capital, a Chicago-based investment firm that launched the airline in May 2011. Visit Silver Airways at silverairways.com.
