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Eastern Iowa Airport Announces Another Direct Service Flight to Florida

A direct service route has been added between Cedar Rapids and Punta Gorda/Ft. Meyers Florida.

The Eastern Iowa Airport announces direct service to Southwest Florida on Allegiant Air

 

Want to take a direct route flight to Florida? Well the Eastern Iowa Airport has added another route to the menu via Allegiant Air.

Media Release

Cedar Rapids, IA: The Eastern Iowa Airport and Allegiant Air are announcing direct service between Cedar Rapids and Punta Gorda/Ft. Meyers Florida. The service will begin on December 18 with two non-stop flights per week.

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Allegiant will introduce the new service with fares as low as $99.99 each way. To take advantage of this special fare, tickets must be purchased by Aug. 6 for travel by Feb. 11, 2014. Flight days and times can be found at www.allegiant.com.

Punta Gorda is roughly halfway between the white-sand beaches of Fort Myers and Sarasota’s tropical island communities in southwest Florida. It will become Allegiant’s fifth nonstop destination from Cedar Rapids, joining Las Vegas, Orlando Sanford, Phoenix-Mesa and St. Petersburg/Tampa.

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