Asheville Regional Airport: American Airlines adds new daily flight to Dallas

ASHEVILLE — American Airlines will add a new, daily flight to Dallas from the Asheville Regional Airport in the coming months, the third local route added by the company in the past year.

Nonstop service from Asheville to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport begins May 3. The Fort Worth, Texas-based airline already has flight offerings from Asheville to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport and LaGuardia Airport in New York.

It also began offering weekend nonstop service to Dallas last summer, a route airport officials said Tuesday was "embraced" by travelers in the region.

"The local travelers' commitment to use the service helped lead to the extension of DFW to this year-round, daily offering," Lew Bleiweis, the airport's executive director, said. "Daily DFW is a significant route expansion and is welcome news for our region.

"I encourage travelers to use it often."

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Flights on the new route will be offered on the 76-seat Canadair CR-9, airport officials said. Once the route begins, daily departure from Dallas will be at 1:20 p.m., or 12:20 p.m. local time, with arrival by 3:35 p.m.

Departures from Asheville begin at 4:10 p.m. with arrivals scheduled for 6:52 p.m.

Asheville Regional Airport now has 18 nonstop destinations served by six airlines. In 2018, the airport served more than 1 million passengers for the first time in its 58-year history, largely the result of the addition of a number of new or expanded routes in recent years.