New service to soon take flight at one Central Illinois airport

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – If you’re planning a trip to Orlando or Tampa around the holidays, you won’t have to travel far to catch a flight. A new service is set to launch in December at Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport.

“While some airlines had been pulling back and either out of Springfield, we’re really excited to jump in with two great destinations to Orlando and Tampa,” Ryne Williams a communications specialist for Breeze Airways, said. The new service will be through that airline.

For the first time, travelers will now be able to catch a nonstop flight from Springfield’s airport to Orlando International Airport and Tampa International Airport.

“We want to be able to provide that service to folks here locally, so as to not have the burden of a long drive to a major airport to get those nonstop service offerings,” Mark Hanna, the executive director of the Springfield Airport Authority, said.

Springfield is the first city in…