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Katie Spill­man, PR Counsel 

North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Airport 

(727) 236‑0284 or katies@​themooreagency.​com

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Octo­ber 2, 2024 

NORTH­WEST FLORI­DA BEACH­ES INTER­NA­TION­AL AIR­PORT (ECP) ANNOUNCES NEW NON­STOP SER­VICE TO AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTER­NA­TION­AL AIR­PORT (AUS) WITH DELTA AIR LINES 

NEW NON­STOP SER­VICE TO BEGIN SPRING 2025 

PANA­MA CITY, Fla. (OCTO­BER 2, 2024) — North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) announces new non­stop dai­ly ser­vice with Delta Air Lines between ECP and Austin-Bergstrom Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (AUS) with Delta Air Lines. This new route, set to begin oper­a­tions in March 2025, will pro­vide trav­el­ers with more options and fur­ther enhance the con­nec­tiv­i­ty of our region. 

“This announce­ment marks anoth­er mile­stone for ECP as we con­tin­ue to expand our offer­ings and improve acces­si­bil­i­ty for our trav­el­ers,” said Park­er W. McClel­lan, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of ECP. ​“We are proud to part­ner with Delta and con­fi­dent that this ser­vice will be anoth­er pop­u­lar choice for both local res­i­dents and visitors.” 

The intro­duc­tion of this new ser­vice comes as ECP antic­i­pates anoth­er record-break­ing year. ​“We wel­comed more pas­sen­gers this past June than any oth­er month in the his­to­ry of the Air­port, McClel­lan not­ed. ​“In 2023, we served over 1.6 mil­lion pas­sen­gers, and we expect to see approx­i­mate­ly 1.9 mil­lion pas­sen­gers trav­el through our Air­port this year.” 

While this is Delta’s inau­gur­al ser­vice between ECP and AUS, it is not the first time North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port has offered a non­stop con­nec­tion to Austin. The return of this non­stop route under­scores the con­tin­ued grow­ing demand for expand­ed air ser­vice in the region. With Delta’s exten­sive net­work, pas­sen­gers fly­ing from ECP will now have even greater access to des­ti­na­tions in the U.S. and beyond. 

The flight between AUS and ECP will oper­ate dai­ly by Delta Con­nec­tion car­ri­er Sky­West on an Embraer ERJ-175 equipped with First Class, Delta Com­fort+ and Main Cab­in. Flights arrive at ECP at 4:28 p.m. and depart for AUS at 5:10 p.m. Tick­ets for the new non­stop ser­vice are avail­able now, with flights com­menc­ing on Sun­day, March 9, 2025, just in time for the busy spring trav­el season. 

For more infor­ma­tion and to book flights, pas­sen­gers can vis­it ECP’s web­site or con­tact Delta Air Lines directly. 

Flight sched­ules are sub­ject to change at any time. 

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About North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Airport 

North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) is locat­ed less than 30 min­utes from Pana­ma City Beach, Pana­ma City and the beach­es of South Wal­ton. Today, with ser­vice from Amer­i­can Air­lines, Delta Air Lines, South­west Air­lines, and Unit­ed Air­lines, ECP pro­vides dai­ly flights to world­wide des­ti­na­tions, includ­ing dai­ly and sea­son­al non­stop flights to Atlanta (ATL), Austin (AUS) Bal­ti­more (BWI), Boston (BOS), Char­lotte (CLT), Chica­go (MDW/ORD), Colum­bus (CMH), Dal­las (DAL/DFW), Den­ver (DEN), Hous­ton (HOU/IAH), Kansas City (MCI), Nashville (BNA), St. Louis (STL) and Wash­ing­ton DC (DCA). The first inter­na­tion­al air­port to be built in more than a decade, ECP pro­vides North­west Flori­da com­mu­ni­ties with first-class facil­i­ties and was strate­gi­cal­ly devel­oped for major eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties. ECP is the gate­way to vis­i­tors seek­ing North­west Florida’s famous beaches.