GNV ANNOUNCES NEW NONSTOP DFW FLIGHT OPTIONS; CELEBRATES WITH COLORFUL BUS WRAP
Additional daily flights, effective April 2, expand service and travel options for passengers of the growing North Central Florida airport; the Route 25 “Take Off to DFW” bus operates daily between the UF Campus and GNV
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Apr. 2, 2019 – Additional flights between Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) and Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) begin today, complementing existing daily service with a night flight from DFW and a morning flight from GNV. The airport is promoting the new service with a “Take Off to DFW, Connect with the World” Regional Transit System (RTS) bus wrap, featuring a colorful design incorporating a DFW logo with the Dallas Skyline, an airplane wing, a runway, and GNV’s yellow Labrador Explosive K9 Sniffer, Beamer.
Photo Caption: GNV’s Explosive Sniffing K9, Beamer, invites everyone to “Take Off to DFW, Connect with the World” on the newly wrapped Route 25 bus between the UF Commuter Lot and Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV).
The new service includes a night flight departing DFW at 7 p.m., arriving GNV 10:25 p.m. and a morning flight departing GNV at 7:40 a.m., arriving DFW 9:30 a.m. The nonstops, which initially started Mar. 3, provide GNV passengers with access to over 90 new routes that weren’t previously served by existing American Airlines hubs of Charlotte (CLT) and Miami (MIA). The flights between GNV and DFW are now operated twice daily.
The newly wrapped “Take Off to DFW, Connect with the World” bus operates daily on Route 25 between the University of Florida (UF) Commuter Lot and GNV, making stops along the campus and downtown Gainesville before heading north on Waldo Road to GNV’s entrance on NE 39th Street, dropping and picking up passengers in front of the airport terminal.
“The convenience provided by these additional flights and the colorful DFW-Beamer bus are wonderful for our passengers and our airport,” said Allan Penksa, CEO, Gainesville Alachua County Regional Airport Authority (GACRAA). “The nonstop flights to DFW have been popular and well received by our community. The bus wrap is an eye-catching moving billboard reminding folks around town of this great new travel option, and to Fly GNV.”
For reservations and flight information, please visit American Airlines www.aa.com or call (800) 433-7300. For information on the airport RTS bus route, please visit http://go-rts.com/route25/
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About Gainesville Regional Airport
Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) serves North Central Florida and the Heart of Florida through all facets of aviation: commercial airlines, general aviation, military operations, medical missions and air cargo. Located in Gainesville, Florida, just minutes away from the University of Florida, GNV provides a close, convenient and competitively priced “gateway” to the Heart of Florida. The airport operates 16 daily departures on American Airlines and Delta with nonstop service to the international hubs of Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth and Miami. GNV is served by a full-service fixed base operator, University Air Center (UAC). With more than 350 part- and full-time employees and tenants at the airport, GNV has an annual economic impact on North Central Florida of more than $374 million. In 2018, 476,396 commercial passengers set an all-time record of arrivals to and departures from GNV. For more information, please visit flygainesville.com
