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‘This is our hub’
Vision Airlines will add service from Northwest Florida Regional to 17 new destinations
By DUSTY RICKETTS
Northwest Florida Daily News 315-4448 dricketts@nwfdailynews.com   It has been called the biggest airline announcement since the formation of JetBlue Airways in the late 1990s.
Today, Vision Airlines will formally announce the expansion of its service to 17 new destinations from Northwest Florida Regional Airport. The locations of the new destinations were first reported by USA Today on Monday morning. The new destinations were selected as locations as ways to help stretch the tourist season in Northwest Florida. “This is our hub. We’re putting out roots in the ground here and growing here,” said Clay Meek, marketing and business development director for Vision Airlines. “This is just the beginning of what we could do.” Vision Airlines, along with Visit Florida and the Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council, has scheduled a ceremony for 3 p.m. today at the main stage of HarborWalk Village in Destin to make the formal announcement of the new destinations.

Starting March 25, Vision Airlines will offer flights to and from Northwest Florida Regional Airport to 12 new destinations including Atlanta; Huntsville, Ala.; Savannah, Ga.; and Louisville. A week later on April 1, service will start to and from Chattanooga, Tenn.; Shreveport, La.; Asheville, N.C.; Columbia, S.C.; and Orlando.

Meek said only about 3 percent of Northwest Florida’s current tourists get here by flying. Vision Airlines has targeted cities whose residents already are driving here for vacations. About 29,000 people from Asheville, N.C., drive to Northwest Florida each year, he said. In Louisville, it’s almost 90,000. “I’m not trying to change what people are doing,” Meek said. “They’re already coming to Destin. I’m just trying to give them a better way to get here.” Prices for the new destinations normally will start at $79 one way; however, they are offering a special rate of $49 one way for any of the new markets when booked between Jan. 18 and 23. Florida Gov. Rick Scott will speak at today’s announcement, as will Vision Airlines COO David Meers, State Rep. Matt Gaetz, Okaloosa County Commissioner James Campbell, Destin Mayor Sam Seevers and Legendary CEO Peter Bos. Vision Airlines started service out of Northwest Florida Regional on Dec. 17, offering weekly flights to Miami and Niagara Falls.