American Airlines starts new nonstop flight from Columbia Metropolitan Airport

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American Airlines recently started  new daily service from Columbia Metropolitan Airport  (CAE) to Chicago O’Hare International Airport. (ORD).

“With the addition of this nonstop service at CAE, we now have seven destinations on American Airlines to offer passengers this summer,” said Mike Gula, President/CEO at CAE.

This nonstop flight for American Airlines is scheduled to depart CAE at 7:56 a.m. and arrive at ORD at 9:15 a.m. The aircraft used for this daily service is a CRJ-200, a 50-seat regional jet, according to a news release.

“American Airlines is delighted to start brand new nonstop service between Columbia Metropolitan Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport,” said Philippe Puech, American Airlines Director of Short-Haul Network Planning. “With seven destinations from CAE this summer, American is excited to offer customers more ways to experience all the Palmetto State has to offer while providing local residents more access to American’s global network.”

Of the three carriers at CAE, American Airlines offers the most nonstop flights – having also just added daily service to New York City and seasonal service to Miami earlier this summer.

“This summer is projected to be the busiest summer in history for travel, nationwide, and the best part of that for CAE is that we are on-track this year to get back to our 2019 passenger numbers,” Gula said in the release. “This new flight to Chicago is going to help us do that.”

More information about this flight and the other nonstop destinations available at CAE is available online.