Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Vision Airlines shuffles cities it serves

Vision Airlines will discontinue service from Northwest Florida Regional Airport to selected destinations during the fall and winter. The reduced schedule will start Aug. 19, when the airline cuts service to Lafayette and Shreveport, La., Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn., and Asheville, N.C. Vision made the announcement as it released its fall and winter flight schedule Monday. The airline said it will continue to serve the Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Fla., area with flights from Atlanta, Louisville, Ky., Memphis, Orlando, and the St. Petersburg-Tampa-Clearwater area throughout the fall and winter. Service to Little Rock, Ark., will continue until Nov. 2. The company will add routes to its winter schedule. (Sources: Knoxville News Sentinel, Northwest Florida Daily News, PRNewswire, 08/08/11)