A relatively new low-fare airline just announced new flights between Charlotte and Orlando starting on December 11th – they’ll be offering a promotional rate of $99 per flight for the first few weeks of the new route.
ViaAir will now be going up head to head against discount airliner Allegiant Air, which recently offered flights from Concord, NC to New Orleans for $40 per flight.
ViaAir also recently announced their own discount flights out of the Concord airport up to Virginia for just $44:
The company’s new Charlotte-Orlando route will put even more pressure on the big airlines to find new ways of reducing their rates.
According to ViaAir’s recent press release, “Departures for the new service will be on Wednesdays and Sundays with flights operated by ViaAir’s 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145 jet aircraft, which not only provides passengers with safe, dependable and reliable air service but as well the carriers signature level of exceptional service and satisfaction that it provides to its guests.”
To check ViaAir’s current prices or to book a flight click here.
Charlotte’s most famous resident just accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom yesterday at the White House. Michael Jordan joined Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Bill Gates, Bruce Springsteen, and 16 others in receiving medals from the president.
It will basically be a whole new town, requiring miles of new roads to handle an estimated 120,000 additional vehicle trips per day, new schools, a new police station and new sewage facilities for dealing with the millions of gallons of additional wastewater.
Just 5 years ago, the Muddy River Distillery opened in Belmont to become our state’s first legal rum distillery. As demand continues to outpace their supply, they’ve just made the decision to essentially double their output by installing a massive new 450 gallon still. 
