Delaware once again will become only state without commercial airline service

Retaining observe of the beginning and cease of the corporate’s backwards and forwards service on the airport is like watching a yo-yo. Frontier began flying out of Wilmington in 2013, solely to chop service to nearly all locations a couple of yr later. By 2015, the low-cost provider ended flights all collectively.

There was nice fanfare on the airport in January 2020, earlier than COVID-19 arrived in Delaware, saying the return of Frontier flights in Might 2020. These plans have been placed on maintain amid the pandemic, however flights lastly did start in early 2021.

However with Friday’s announcement, Delaware as soon as once more regains its doubtful distinction of being the one state within the nation with out industrial airline service.

“The administration and employees of the DRBA proceed to imagine that scheduled industrial air service can and can succeed at Wilmington Airport,” the Authority’s assertion stated. “Securing new industrial service for Wilmington – ILG will stay one of many airport’s key targets, however to be clear, air service is just one side of the airport’s total function and worth to the neighborhood.”

DRBA officers level to the airport’s use as a company aviation hub and function as house for the Delaware Air Nationwide Guard. President Biden additionally makes frequent use of the airport, flying to go to his house close to Wilmington.