For the past 40 years, Ormond Beach resident Doug Pettit would travel to Maryland to spend Christmas with his family. But due to the coronavirus pandemic, his family has decided to skip the decades-long tradition in 2020.
“We re all sad that it s gone in this direction. Except for the Christmas I was in Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield, it will be the first in 40 years that we haven t been together,” Pettit said. “We usually have a big Christmas Eve dinner with 30 or more extended family members and close friends at the house with lots of good food. I’m going to miss that.”
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For the past 40 years, Ormond Beach resident Doug Pettit would travel to Maryland to spend Christmas with his family. But due to the coronavirus pandemic, his family has decided to skip the decades-long tradition.
“We re all sad that it s gone in this direction. Except for the Christmas I was in Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield, it will be the first in 40 years that we haven t been together,” Pettit said. “We usually have a big Christmas Eve dinner with 30 or more extended family members and close friends at the house with lots of good food. I’m going to miss that.”
Dec 22, 2020 2:52 PM Daytona Beach, FL - $40 million and almost three years later and Daytona Beach International Airport s taxiway rehabilitation program has finally wrapped up. Started in the spring of 2018, the project entailed the rehabilitation of asphalt pavement on Taxiway November—the primary air carrier taxiway; it runs parallel to the airport s longest runway, 7L/25R—and portions of Taxiway Alpha. Several connectors were also modified, relocated or removed. The project also involved numerous temporary runway closures, which, despite changes in traffic patterns, did not disrupt airline operations at the airport. Residents around the airport might find some minor relief too as traffic patterns return to normal. “Daytona Beach International Airport has been the busiest airport in Florida for aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings) for the months of August, September and October and the second busiest for November, so you can image the level
These flights are the vanguard of what local officials hope will be regular service from the two American Airlines hubs. And it s looking good so far: Between the two flights, American Airlines executives had lunch with airport officials, and said bookings were steady and balanced. Under the current agreement with American, there will be daily nonstop service from the two cities through April, and a chance to retain it after that. The coronavirus pandemic has air travel and tourism in a state of upheaval, but the addition of flights creates an opportunity that local officials and travelers should seize.