ECP announces new nonstop flight to iconic U.S. city

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport announced Friday, that Delta Airlines is launching a new seasonal nonstop flight to New York City.

The service will be between ECP and LaGuardia Airport for the summer of 2025. It will start on June 14, 2025, and will operate once weekly on Saturdays.

Airport officials said Delta will also offer daily service from June 28, 2025, to July 6, 2025 to accommodate travelers for the 4th of July holiday.

The flights will run through Labor Day and will be operated on Delta’s CRJ-900 aircraft.

“This is a historic moment for ECP as we introduce our first-ever nonstop flight to New York City. Partnering with Delta Air Lines to offer this new seasonal service will provide our passengers with more convenient travel options and enhance connectivity between New York City and the beautiful beaches of Northwest Florida. We are proud to bring this exciting opportunity to our Region and look forward to welcoming travelers from the Big Apple,” said Parker W. McClellan Jr., A.A.E., Executive Director of ECP.

McClellan continues in an interview with NewsChannel 7 saying, “We’re going to NYC! We’re going to LaGuardia nonstop from Panama City to LaGuardia on Saturdays in the summer. We work with the airlines on a regular basis of kind of a list of destination we would like for them to look at that we would like to go to. New York has always been on that list. It been one that we’ve had a hard time breaking but this week when I go the call from Delta Airlines that said ‘Parker, we’re going!’ they sent me an email saying we’re going nonstop from ECP to LaGuardia (LGA)... the excitement... I was in a meeting, and I just started texting. It was a really nice thing to see that the airlines do listen to what we say!”

Starting Saturday, March 1, 2025, passengers can book their flights directly through Delta or by using the new FlyMyAirport booking tool available on the ECP website.

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