Silver Airways today started new daily nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB).
“We are extremely excited to launch this unique partnership with the ‘best of the best’ in Daytona and the surrounding communities along the Atlantic Coast,” said Silver Airways CEO Steve Rossum. “Our new partners here share our love of Central Florida and her beauty and have a kindred spirit of innovation, customer service, and civic involvement. With the combination of Florida’s most convenient airport, the heart, and soul of the Daytona Tortugas, and Silver Airways, North America’s premier regional airline, the possibilities in Daytona are limitless. What an amazing job by our 600 hardworking aviation professionals who will grow to love Daytona and her charm. We thank the community for a gracious and warm welcome and look forward to serving Volusians and visitors to Central Florida for years to come.”
“DAB is excited to welcome Silver Airways to our community,” said Daytona Beach International Airport Director Rick Karl. “Since the initial announcement we have received tremendous feedback for the new service to South Florida and beyond. We look forward to a very successful and mutually beneficial partnership with Silver.”
“The passion and energy that ‘Tortuga One’ and Silver Airways are bringing to our community are unmatched,” said Daytona Tortugas President Ryan Keur. “We believe the sky is the limit when it comes to this partnership and is thrilled to have gained a partner that shares many of the same principles in regard to innovation, customer service, and community.”
To celebrate the new nonstop service connecting Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Silver is offering fares from $43* available at SilverAirways.com for a limited time for travel on or before January 31, 2019, for ticketing before January 31, 2019, as well as $59* fares for travel on or before May 22, 2019, for ticketing before January 31, 2019.
In addition, Silver offers convenient connections from Daytona Beach beyond Fort Lauderdale to Key West and many popular Bahamian Family Islands, including Marsh Harbor and Treasure Cay in the Abacos, Cat Island, Eleuthera’s Governor’s Harbour and North Eleuthera, Freeport and George Town in Great Exuma with every day low fares from $107*. Silver also offers connections to a variety of destinations through its codeshare and interline ticketing partners, including United, JetBlue, American, Delta, Avianca, Azul Brazilian Airlines and more.
Earlier this week, Silver unveiled its first themed aircraft – “Tortuga One” – as the official airline of the MiLB baseball team Daytona Tortugas. During the reveal, Tortuga mascots Shelldon and Shelly joined forces with Silver team members as they showed their strength while pulling the Saab 340 from Silver’s Orlando maintenance hangar. The new livery of the Saab 340 aircraft features colorful joint branding, including a fierce tortuga at bat, the iconic Silver Airlines turbine and the Atlantic Coast airport.
Also today, Daytona Tortugas Mascot Shelldon confirmed rumors circulating earlier this week about his proposal to Shelly, saying: “Yes, I’m happy to report that Shelly said yes! While we haven’t set a date for our nuptials yet, we can’t wait for our island-hopping ‘shellabration’ honeymoon in Fort Lauderdale, Key West, and the Bahamas!”
Silver Airways’ Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Daytona Beach (DAB) service effective January 16, 2019; DAB – FLL service effective January 17, 2019:
| Route | Departs | Arrives | Flight # | Stops | Frequency |
| Ft. Lauderdale to Daytona Beach | 6:30 pm | 8:00 pm | 60 | 0 | Sunday to Friday |
| Ft. Lauderdale to Daytona Beach | 6:25 pm | 7:55 pm | 60 | 0 | Saturday |
| Daytona Beach to Ft. Lauderdale | 8:20 am | 9:45 am | 59 | 0 | Monday to Saturday |
| Daytona Beach to Ft. Lauderdale | 9:15 am | 10:40 am | 59 | 0 | Sunday |
For complete details, reservations and to receive email updates on Silver’s special offers, visit SilverAirways.com.
Silver Airways offers guests the ease and convenience of seamless booking, ticketing and baggage handling with connections to dozens of destinations that are available via the airline’s codeshare partnerships with United, JetBlue, and Avianca, as well as interline ticketing partnerships with American, Delta, Air Canada, Alaska, ANA, Bahamasair, Hahn Air and Azul.
Members of United’s MileagePlus® and JetBlue’s TrueBlue loyalty programs can also earn frequent flyer awards for travel throughout Silver’s network.
