PANA­MA CITY BEACH, FL (June 6, 2019) – North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) and Amer­i­can Air­lines announce brand new non-stop dai­ly ser­vice between ECP and Ronald Rea­gan Wash­ing­ton Nation­al Air­port (DCA) begin­ning Jan­u­ary 7, 2020.

“With the addi­tion of Amer­i­can Air­lines ser­vice at ECP start­ing last sum­mer, we’ve seen even more pas­sen­ger growth at our Air­port,” said Park­er W. McClel­lan, Jr., A.A.E., Air­port Exec­u­tive Direc­tor. ​“The new non-stop dai­ly flight to Wash­ing­ton not only serves the needs of our Region’s busi­ness, mil­i­tary and leisure pas­sen­gers, but it expands options for trav­el­ers up north look­ing to vis­it North­west Florida.”

This new route will be Amer­i­can Air­lines’ fourth non-stop flight option at ECP. The air­line cur­rent­ly pro­vides non-stop ser­vice between ECP and Char­lotte Dou­glas (CLT), Chica­go (ORD) and Dallas/​Fort Worth (DFW).

“This is great day for us at Amer­i­can Air­lines and our non­stop ser­vice between Pana­ma City Beach and our nation’s cap­i­tal,” said Rad­ney Robert­son, Man­ag­ing Direc­tor for Amer­i­can at DCA. ​“We look for­ward to con­nect­ing Florid­i­ans to the over 250 dai­ly flights we oper­ate from DCA .”

The flight will be oper­at­ed by a 50 seat CRJ-200. Pas­sen­gers may begin book­ing flights between ECP and DCA right now by vis­it­ing aa​.com.

Sched­ule effec­tive on Jan­u­ary 7, 2020.

  • Depart DCA 7:40 a.m. ESTAr­rive ECP 9:17 a.m. CST
  • Depart ECP 9:43 a.m. CSTAr­rive DCA 1:00 p.m. EST

Flight sched­ules are sub­ject to change.

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About North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Airport 

North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) offers some of the region’s low­est aver­age air­fares and is locat­ed less than 25 min­utes from Pana­ma City Beach, Pana­ma City and the beach­es of South Wal­ton. Today, with ser­vice from Amer­i­can Air­lines, Delta Air Lines, South­west Air­lines, and Unit­ed Air­lines, ECP pro­vides dai­ly flights to world­wide des­ti­na­tions, includ­ing non­stop flights to Atlanta (ATL), Bal­ti­more (BWI), Char­lotte (CLT), Dal­las (DAL/DFW), Den­ver (DEN), Hous­ton (HOU/IAH), Nashville (BNA), St. Louis (STL), Austin (AUS), Chica­go (MDW/ORD), and more. The first inter­na­tion­al air­port to be built in more than a decade, ECP pro­vides North­west Flori­da com­mu­ni­ties with first-class facil­i­ties and was strate­gi­cal­ly devel­oped for major eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties. ECP is the gate­way to vis­i­tors seek­ing North­west Florida’s famous beaches. 

About Amer­i­can Air­lines Group

Amer­i­can Air­lines and Amer­i­can Eagle offer an aver­age of near­ly 6,700 flights per day to near­ly 350 des­ti­na­tions in more than 50 coun­tries. Amer­i­can has hubs in Char­lotte, Chica­go, Dallas/​Fort Worth, Los Ange­les, Mia­mi, New York, Philadel­phia, Phoenix, and Wash­ing­ton, D.C. Amer­i­can is a found­ing mem­ber of the oneworld alliance, whose mem­bers and mem­bers-elect serve near­ly 1,000 des­ti­na­tions with 14,250 dai­ly flights to 150 coun­tries. Shares of Amer­i­can Air­lines Group Inc. trade on Nas­daq under the tick­er sym­bol AAL. In 2015, its stock joined the S&P 500 index. Con­nect with Amer­i­can on Twit­ter @AmericanAir and at Face​book​.com/​A​m​e​r​i​c​a​n​A​i​r​lines.