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JetBlue starts daily flights to Fort Meyers, Tampa on Oct. 27
JetBlue announced last week daily nonstop routes between Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) and Fort Myers (RSW) and Tampa (TPA), Florida starting Oct. 27, 2024. The additional … more
AMONG FRIENDS: Veteran John Martino is thanked for his service as he rides the escalator at Green Airport in preparation for Sunday’s Honor Flight to Washington. At left is Pastor Frank Reedy of Sacred Exchange Fellowship in East Greenwich, sponsors of Honor Flight "Hope" Who is a US Marine Corp veteran also participated in the Wreath Ceremony. (Photos courtesy of the RI Airport Corporation)
29th RI Honor Flight ‘incredibly moving experience’ for veterans, their guardians
While it took longer to get back at to Green Airport than hoped for – the flight touched down after 12:30 a.m. Sunday -  the day 35 veterans spent in Washington DC was “an incredibly … more
MEMORY LANES: Retired U.S. Army Sgt. John Tammelleo and Corp. Mario DeAngelis, both of Johnston, are bowling buddies and Vietnam War era veterans. On Sunday, they’ll be among 55 Ocean State veterans aboard a RI Honor Flight to Washington D.C.
BOWLING BUDDIES: Johnston men, both Vietnam veterans, make Honor Flight pilgrimage to memorial wall
The Johnston man, a Vietnam veteran, held a small scrap of paper up to the bowling alley’s fluorescent lights and neon. On the handwritten list he scrawled five names of friends who fought by … more
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HONORED TO FLY: Frank Olivo, of Johnston, served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. On Monday, he’ll be on-board the 28th Honor Flight to the nation’s capital. This portrait was taken while Olivo was in the service. (Courtesy photo)
Vietnam Vets and minorities represented on 28th Honor Flight
He returned from Vietnam, but wasn’t welcomed back. The world was a different place when Craig Kohanski enlisted after graduating from URI in 1968. He’ll be one of a plane full of … more
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SEEING THEM OFF: Breeze Airways’ first nonstop flight from T.F. Green to Los Angeles takes off Wednesday morning while being seen off by the airport’s fire trucks and twin arches of water. (Courtesy of RI Airport Corporation)
Breeze Airways: Nonstop connections
Breeze Airways, the newest, low-fare airline, is adding three new destinations from Providence over the next two days, with nonstop flights to Los Angeles, CA; Jacksonville, FL; and Richmond, VA; … more
AT ANNOUNCEMENT: Breeze Airways Chief Operations Officer Mike Wuerger chats with Gov. Dan McKee before heading to the Breeze counter to snip a ceremonial ribbon.
Green now Northeast base for Breeze Airways operations
In a first in its 92-year history, Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport is now a base of operations for a major airline it was announced yesterday as Breeze Airways disclosed plans to have … more
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STRIKE UP THE BAND: Signaling that members of Flight Thunderbolt held Oct. 15 are entering the terminal, George Farrell calls on the pipes and drums to play.
A veteran at honoring vets
A chance encounter at the Baltimore/Washington Airport as George Farrell and his family were on their way home from a spring vacation in 2010 changed his live and the lives of about 800 … more
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Ten years of truly serving veterans
In a world where it seems we can hardly agree on anything – and particularly amidst a political season where our worst tribal qualities are on all too apparent display – it is nice to be … more
READY FOR A FULL DAY: World War II Army veteran Rocco Marcaccio, 101, was accompanied by his son, Paul, during the honor flight. Marcaccio and WWII veteran Roland Theroux placed a wreath at the tomb on the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday.
Thunderbolt to Washington
By JOHN HOWELL Richard Esposito of Cranston said he couldn’t wait to get to Vietnam. That’s not what one expected to hear from an Army veteran who saw 25 percent of his company, … more
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Frontier offering nonstop flights to Denver, Raleigh-Durham
Ultra-low fare carrier Frontier Airlines will launch nonstop service between Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport (PVD) and two new destinations, including Raleigh-Durham (RDU) with four … more
FAREWELL: Kelsey, Maeve and John Garrity wave goodbye to their visitor for the holiday, Helen Ma from China who they hosted as a student four years ago. Ma is now a student at Rutgers University.
More Thanksgiving travelers, but it all runs smoothly
By JOHN HOWELL The Thanksgiving weekend is renowned as the busiest period for airline travel. That was hard to tell Sunday afternoon at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport. Sunday is traditionally the busiest of the holiday period for air more
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BINGO GUYS: Vietnam War vet Billy Hancock, left, served as guardian of WWII vet Peter Ricci. The two first met at Foxwoods and on Saturday they traveled together to Washington. (Herald photos)
SERVICE RECOGNIZED
By JOHN HOWELL What does Foxwoods and bingo have to do with 60 veterans traveling to the Nation's Capital, visiting the monuments to World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars starting before 5 a.m. and returning after 11 p.m. on a rainy Saturday? The more
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Frontier Airlines announces 3 new flights from Green
Low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines announced Wednesday three new nonstop routes from T.F. Green Airport (PVD) to Atlanta, Myrtle Beach and Philadelphia beginning this summer. To celebrate the new … more
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