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Delta revives flights from Birmingham to New York City’s LaGuardia
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Commercial jets from Delta at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. (Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com). Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com
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Delta Air Lines will resume nonstop flights to New York City, beginning June 7.
Daily service between Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA) will use a 76-seat CRJ-900 aircraft, the carrier said.
The flights will resume as New York is lifting many of its capacity restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“As the demand for travel is growing, we are happy that our customers will have more options and more convenience as they return to the skies and reconnect with friends and family,” Ronald Mathieu, Birmingham Airport Authority president and CEO, said.
Air travel in Alabama bouncing back, but still well below pre-COVID highs
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About 100 commercial jets from Delta and Allegiant Air have been grounded and stored at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport and the Kaiser Group Holdings area for weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com). Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com
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Just before the start of the coronavirus pandemic, things were going well for air travel in Alabama.
2018 had been a record year for the state’s largest airports, and 2019 was even better. The Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport welcomed 3.1 million passengers in 2019, and was on track for a “record year” through the first two months of 2020. The Huntsville International Airport saw nearly 21 percent more passengers in 2019 than it did in 2018, and its highest passenger total in more than a decade. And the Mobile Regional Airport saw its most enplanements in 2019 since at
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Thousands of eligible Jefferson County residents began receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, March 29, as a new vaccination site opened at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM).
The vaccination site is a collaborative effort by the Jefferson County Department of Health, Doctor Celeste MD, Bruno Event Team, the City of Birmingham, Birmingham Airport Authority and Kaiser Aircraft Industries. The vaccination site will allow for administering up to 4,500 COVID-19 vaccinations each week over the next 60 days to eligible Jefferson County residents under the guidelines set by the Alabama Department of Public Health.
“This site is an ideal location to serve all of Jefferson County,” said Dr. Mark Wilson, Jefferson County Health Officer. “This collaborative effort will help move us more quickly toward the herd immunity needed to end this pandemic.”
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