( WJET/WFXP ) — It can be difficult for Erie travelers to get around the country, but Breeze Airways is making that a little easier, now offering flights to Orlando and Tampa.
Wednesday night the airline celebrated its first flight into Erie International Airport, and for one passenger, it’s now much easier to get back to the town he was raised in.
“The flight was phenomenal. When we were landing here I was thinking, ‘Man, we have to drive two hours to here from Buffalo. Wait a minute, we just flew to Erie, my hometown. Boom.’ My grandfather’s going to pick us up, and it’s 20 minutes to the house. It’s perfect,” said Eric Viculich, an Erie native.
Breeze Airways offers nonstop flights to Orlando starting at $55 on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Breeze Airways adds new service to Florida from Erie airport
The approximately two-hour flight landed at the airport on Wednesday night to a water cannon salute from the airport fire trucks.
What you’re seeing in the player above is the First Breeze Airways plane coming into Erie International Airport here, which is going to bring a new dynamic to things here at the airport