Elite Airways is bringing back service to Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport with a flight that will provide a gateway to the northeast.
The biweekly flights, which begin July 2, will start by landing at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York, before continuing on to Elite s home base of Portland, Maine. Tickets start at $199 each way.
The airline has flown between Sarasota-Bradenton and Portland in the past. John Pearsall, president of Elite Airways, said that customers who choose to disembark the aircraft in White Plains will be able to take advantage of that airport s daily nonstop flights to Martha s Vineyard and Nantucket. Westchester County Airport itself is about 25 miles outside of Manhattan and a short drive to Connecticut and New York City suburbs.
Despite the increase in tourist tax revenue, however, the number of visitors to Sarasota County was down in March compared to two years ago. At the same time, the average daily hotel room rate increased by 15% over the two-year period, and revenue per available room was up 12.9%, according to Visit Sarasota County.
Virginia Haley, the tourism group s president, said that a lot of people took trips for the first time in a year during March - and they went all out, spending money that hadn t been touched since COVID started. We’re not seeing more visitors than last year, but it s that they’re spending more money on the beachfront and the upper scale properties, Haley said. It’s a feeling of hey, I’m finally getting to go somewhere, I might as well make it a splurge and pamper myself a little bit. And we’re happy to oblige.
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BRADENTON, Fla., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Discovery Village At Sarasota Bay has opened an exclusive, onsite Preview Gallery and begun pre-leasing opportunities for its state-of-the-art Active Independent Senior Living community. Early lessees will be named VIP Charter Members and will take advantage of specially discounted pricing, first-choice apartment home selection, and a host of other member-only perks.
Pre-leasing opportunities are now open for the new Active Independent Living Community at Discovery Village At Sarasota Bay.
The brand-new, senior living community is located at 1408 69th Ave. W in Bradenton, Florida, on the same campus as Discovery Village At Sarasota Bay s Assisted Living and Memory Care community. Situated just steps from a marina and the Intracoastal Waterway and centrally located near shops, restaurants, Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport and multiple healthcare facilities, the Independent Living communi
Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport sees increasing numbers despite COVID-19 SRQ is considered one of the fastest growing airports in the nation (Source: WWSB) By ABC7 Staff | May 2, 2021 at 10:38 PM EDT - Updated May 2 at 10:38 PM
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - According to recent numbers, the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) is one of the fastest-growing airports in the country.
After setting records in March, SRQ Chief Executive Officer Rick Piccolo said their seat totals are up 81% over their pre-pandemic levels and hopes the same for April.
“We’ll exceed 300k passengers for April once the numbers come in, so the growth has just been phenomenal,” said Piccolo.