Columbia Standard

Columbia Metropolitan Airport issued the following announcement on July 21.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (April 21, 2021) – Beginning Saturday, June 5, 2021, American Airlines will resume nonstop service to Miami, Fla. (MIA) from Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE). Service will operate one time a week, with the possibility of a schedule expansion later this summer. The nonstop service will depart from CAE at 6:50 a.m. and arrive into MIA at 8:37 a.m.

The route returns served by a new aircraft, ERJ-175 – which includes 12 first class seats and 70 cabin seats. Previously, this same route was served by an ERJ-145 – which had no first class seats and 50 cabin seats.

“We are one route away from our pre-pandemic schedule and we couldn’t be happier,” said Air Service Development Director for CAE, Kim Jamieson. “We’ve seen higher than projected passenger numbers over the last few months, with more leisure travel taking place, and welcome the business. We look forward to the business community also returning to air travel, hopefully in the coming months.”

Currently, CAE offers nonstop service to 11 destinations and 11 airports:

• Miami, Fla. (American Airlines)
• Philadelphia, Pa. (American Airlines)
• Washington, D.C./Reagan National (American Airlines)
• Charlotte, N.C. (American Airlines)
• Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (American Airlines)
• Atlanta, Ga. (Delta Air Lines)
• Chicago, Ill. (United Airlines)
• Washington, D.C./Dulles (United Airlines)
• Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Silver Airways)
• Orlando, Fla. (Silver Airways)
• Tampa, Fla. (Silver Airways)

Nonstop service to New York City, N.Y. (LGA) still remains offline at this time due to COVID-19. “As we regain air service, we encourage the local community and the business community to return to air travel as soon as they feel comfortable,” said Executive Director of CAE, Mike Gula. “We are hopeful that as more and more individuals get vaccinated, air travel will continue to strengthen as a result.”

Original source can be found here.