The little airport that could….things just keep getting better for the Upstate of South Carolina and the airline service out of Greenville-Spartanburg International. This week, Avelo Airlines has announced that it will start providing non-stop flights out of Greenville to Orlando, FL and New Haven, CT. They seem to be advertising flights for $49 one way.
There’s an embedded video in the Upstate Business Journal article about Avelo where GSP makes the announcement of the new air service available.
We have a great airport here but we do need additional flight service. It is a tremendous airport for air freight. Passenger service is getting more attention as well. This past week, United Airlines announced that it will be using bigger planes for service in and out of Greenville. This will bring much needed seat capacity for key cities that United serves.
GSP, otherwise known as Greenville-Spartanburg Airport will begin an $18 million road improvement project in front of the main terminal building to try to help deal with the increase in traffic. We’ve been reading for a numbrer of years now about the growing shipping and passenger traffic coming in and out of GSP. Well that’s finally catching up and there is a need to make some improvements.
The project is expected to last for about the next two years. GSP is one of those really pleasant surprises so many people have when they come down here. It’s a lovely small airport that packs a pretty big punch. Yes, we do often have to make connections, but more and more there are direct flights in and out of here. Often the short hops are just to Charlotte or Atlanta which take no more than about 20 minutes in the air. You can get to just about anywhere in the country from either of those airports if you can’t reach your destination directly form GSP.
GSP International Airport announced earlier this month that Contour Airlines would be starting up nonstop flights from Greenville to Nashville. This is great to hear and much needed to fly people back and forth from these booming southern cities. The start date is November 17, 2021
Contour Airlines started in 1982 and has continued to evolve and grow. Hopefully they will see lots of success on this route.
If you haven’t flown in or out of GSP International, it is one of the best small airports in the country and a tremendous asset to the entire Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderon area in Upstate South Carolina.