This time, it’s flights from Staunton, VA, also known as Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport. From the airport’s press release:
The Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD) Commission announced today a new partnership with ViaAir offering new daily nonstop service to Charlotte, North Carolina (CLT) and one-stop service to Orlando/Sanford, Florida (SFB). Both routes will be operated utilizing a 50-seat Embraer ERJ 145 regional jet. This is the first time the Shenandoah Valley has had a partner airline offering daily commercial flights with a jet aircraft. This new service will replace the current air carrier at the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, Silver Airways.
ViaAir will operate 12 weekly departures/arrivals to Charlotte beginning November 30, 2016 with promotional fares starting at $44* each way between the cities. Ranked 5th nationwide in operations, the Charlotte hub has approximately 710 daily departures serving 155 nonstop destinations. Arrivals and departures will operate from the centrally located “A” concourse of Charlotte Airport.
Beginning Dec. 11, on Sundays and Wednesday flights will continue on to Orlando Sanford International Airport. That’s the discount carrier airport near Orlando that Allegiant and British charter carriers use, and not Orlando’s main airport. As Allegiant flies from Concord, and not Charlotte Douglas International Airport, this would be the only current flight from CLT to Sanford.
Other EAS routes on Via Air to Charlotte are from Beckley, WV, Greenbrier, WV, and Parkersburg, WV. Via Air also offers a couple day a week unsubsidized flights to St. Augustine, FL.
