JAX Conducts Emergency Response Drill
Preparedness. It’s anticipating what can go wrong, and developing a plan to minimize the impact and get back to normal as quickly as possible when things do go wrong. The Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) recently held an emergency response drill to practice for just such an event. After months of planning and coordination with agencies […]
Read morePosted by: Editor in Customer Service, March 7, 2019 0 comments
JAX Sets New Record for Annual Passenger Traffic
Passenger traffic reached a new high at Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) in 2018, our 50th anniversary year. The 6,460,253 travelers eclipsed the previous record of 6,319,501, set in 2007. Additionally, seven of the 12 months of 2018 set records for monthly passenger traffic at JAX. “This is an excellent milestone for our organization and Jacksonville […]
Read morePosted by: Editor in Air Service, January 24, 2019 0 comments
Frontier Airlines Adds New Flight from JAX
Frontier Airlines is adding another non-stop destination from Jacksonville International Airport (JAX). Beginning April 30, Frontier announced they will operate three weekly flights to Raleigh-Durham (RDU), North Carolina, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, using an A320 aircraft. The airline currently offers non-stop service to Denver, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Chicago O’Hare, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Trenton. […]
Read morePosted by: Editor in Air Service, January 8, 2019 0 comments
NAS Jax Air Show, the Birth of the Blue Angels in Jacksonville, FL
Air Shows have been a large part of aviation history for the Navy as well as the community in Jacksonville, FL and the surrounding areas. It’s likely that the very first unofficial show happened in 1918, when a group out of the Earl Dodge Aviation Training Camp flew over Jacksonville to celebrate the end of […]
Read morePosted by: Editor in Aviation, October 16, 2018 0 comments
Remembering the Day that Forever Changed Aviation: Current & Former Employees Share Memories of 9/11
Nearly every generation has “one event” which not only left unforgettable memories of where people were and what they were doing when it happened, but was a pivotal time in our collective history. September 11, 2001, is that event for our generation. In 2016, we sat down with several current and former Jacksonville Aviation Authority […]
Read morePosted by: Editor in Aviation, September 11, 2018 0 comments
New Premium Lounge Coming to Jacksonville International Airport
Travelers can soon have a major new amenity at Jacksonville International Airport (JAX): a premium lounge. Plano, Texas-based Airport Lounge Development Corporation (ALD) will invest a minimum of $1 million to develop, manage and operate the 2,726-square-foot facility, which will have seating for 49 guests. The Club JAX will offer hot and cold buffet featuring […]
Read morePosted by: Editor in Aviation, August 7, 2018 0 comments
Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) Buries Time Capsule to be Opened in 2068
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 will be remembered as a historic day at Jacksonville International Airport (JAX). Airport tenants joined Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA) employees to bury a time capsule. It contained contributions from many of the airlines serving JAX, each JAA department as well as other items from tenant and community partners. The time capsule was buried […]
Read morePosted by: Editor in Aviation, June 20, 2018 0 comments
Frontier Airlines Adds More New Service at JAX
Today low fare carrier, Frontier Airlines, announced new service from Jacksonville International Airport to San Antonio. The new route follows last week’s announcement that Frontier is adding six new destinations: Las Vegas, Buffalo, N.Y., Kansas City, Mo., Milwaukee, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn., and St. Louis, Mo. The new San Antonio flights begin August 12, and operates […]
Read morePosted by: Editor in Air Service, May 17, 2018 0 comments
Allegiant Announces Two New Routes to Jacksonville with Fares as Low as $49
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. April 3, 2018 — Allegiant (NASDAQ: ALGT) today announces new service from two cities to Jacksonville: Louisville, Kentucky and Norfolk, Virginia. There is no better time to get away your way, with one-way fares on the new routes as low as $49.* “We’re very excited to grow again in Jacksonville,” said Lukas Johnson, […]
Read morePosted by: Editor in Air Service, April 3, 2018 0 comments
Frontier Airlines Is Growing in Jacksonville – New Flights to Austin and Trenton from $39
Today low fare carrier, Frontier Airlines, announced two new, non-stop destinations for Jacksonville, Fla. Frontier stated that it will begin the only nonstop flights to Austin and Trenton, N.J. in April. This announcement comes before the carrier even begins service at Jacksonville International Airport Feb. 14 with previously announced non-stop flights to Denver. Flights […]
Read morePosted by: Editor in Air Service, February 8, 2018 0 comments
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