Eastern North Carolina travelers take flight to capital city

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) – Of us seeking to jet set to the nation’s capitol now have that choice obtainable right here in Jap North Carolina.

The Coastal Carolina Regional Airport made its personal historical past on Saturday afternoon, when it welcomed it’s first American Airways flight from its new route between Washington D.C. and New Bern.

Andrew Shorter, airport director, talked about what the accomplishment means for the Jap Carolina space.

“Having this flight instituted by them was only a nice win for the neighborhood,” Shorter stated. “Folks that wish to go to to right here after which people who wish to go from right here to go to D.C., it’s a nice choice for them to have.”

Nina Miller was a passenger on the brand new connection.

“The enjoyable half was that I received to take photos off the Washington Monument, the Capitol Constructing, the Lincoln Memorial,” Miller stated. “It was a very thrilling to have the ability to try this, then take photos in air of surrounding space. It was nice.”

Passengers taking this route will both fly into or out of Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport.

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