Southwest to add seasonal flights from SRQ to Milwaukee, Chicago Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. By ABC7 Staff | February 25, 2021 at 12:13 PM EST - Updated February 25 at 12:13 PM
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport will add a weekly nonstop flight to Milwaukee and a second daily nonstop to Chicago Midway for this spring, it was announced Thursday.
The additional daily Southwest Airlines flight to Chicago will start March 11 and will go through May 7. The Saturday flight to Milwaukee Mitchell Airport, also by Southwest Airlines, will start April 17 through May 8.
“It is exciting to see Southwest Airlines continue to add service at SRQ. Having an additional flight frequency will provide passengers more choices when planning their travels,” Rick Piccolo, president and CEO of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, said in a news release.
Southwest Airlines, which just started air service at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport last week, will offer seasonal service to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from mid-April to early May, the airport announced on Thursday.
Service between Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Wisconsin is scheduled to run Saturdays from April 17 through May 8.
Southwest will also run a second daily flight to Chicago Midway International Airport in March and up to two times a day in April.
A Sarasota-Bradenton-to-Milwaukee route performed well via AirTran Airways before that airline was purchased by Southwest and went dark at the local airport, said Elliott Falcione, executive director of the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Many residents in Southwest Florida could face a significant increase in flood insurance costs under the Federal Emergency Management Agency s forthcoming Risk Rating 2.0, and those prices are expected to rise with the sea levels because of climate change.
Even though the biggest change ever in how the National Flood Insurance Program calculates premiums is scheduled to take effect in just over seven months, FEMA and its recent revolving door of leaders haven t shared those details with Americans.
However, a public service by our USA TODAY Network in partnership with nonprofit First Street Foundation gives the opportunity for the first time to look up your address to see average financial loss due to flood damage that dictates potential insurance costs. (Print readers can type firststreet.org on their browsers to get started.)
Allegiant launching direct flight from St. Pete-Clearwater to Portsmouth, N.H.
The new flight is part of a nationwide network expansion for the low-cost carrier.
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An airport worker drives passed parked Allegiant Airlines planes at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport on Aug. 25, 2020 in Clearwater. [ CHRIS URSO | Times ]
Native New Englanders living in Florida now have a new way to get back home.
Allegiant Airlines has announced a new direct flight between St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport and Portsmouth International Airport in Portsmouth, N.H. The flights begin June 2.
This will be the low-cost carrierâs 54th direct route in and out of St. Pete-Clearwater. This year itâs already launched a flight to Fargo, N.D., and this spring will begin flying to Little Rock,, Ark.