Regional air carrier Silver Airways has restored service to Palm Beach International Airport, announcing it intends to serve five destinations including two in the Bahamas, as well as Tallahassee, Tampa and Pensacola.
The airline, which is headquartered in Hollywood, started nonstop service on Tuesday to Tampa and Nassau, the Bahamas, according to a statement on the airport website.
An inaugural morning flight arrived Tuesday in West Palm Beach from Tampa to a water cannon salute by the Palm Beach County Rescue firefighters.
The airline’s planes were scheduled to start flying to Tallahassee on Wednesday and to Pensacola on Thursday.
The service to Tallahassee will allow West Palm Beach-area residents to avoid driving to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to catch flights to the state’s capital. JetBlue Airways started service to Tallahassee in January. Previously, Silver operated the only direct service to Tallahassee from South Florida.
On Saturday, Silver will start service to Marsh Harbour, the Bahamas.
“We are happy to welcome Silver Airways back to PBI with new nonstop destinations,” said Laura Beebe, director of airports for Palm Beach County. “The new service will provide additional options to our passengers traveling within Florida and to the Bahamas.”
It is not clear why the airline halted service in the first place. An airport spokesman did not immediately respond to an email message seeking comment. In 2023, the airline was nearly evicted from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood for falling behind on rent payments. But the two sides reached a settlement and service was allowed to continue.
Silver operates twin-engine, Franco-Italian made ATR aircraft. The airline’s fleet “offers spacious full-size overhead bins for carry-on bags along with full-size lavatories, bright LED lit cabins and is quieter than regional jets,” the statement said
Flights can be booked by visiting silverairways.com. One-way fares start at $78, according to the statement.
The carrier serves 31 airports in Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina,