Surf Air Mobility and Purdue University Officially Begin Privately-Backed Commuter Air Service from West Lafayette / Purdue University Airport (LAF)
May 17 2024 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Surf Air Mobility Inc. (NYSE: SRFM) (“Surf Air”), a leading
regional air mobility platform, officially began scheduled commuter
service on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 with a flight between West
Lafayette / Purdue University Airport (LAF) and Chicago O’Hare
Airport (ORD).
The flights are now open to the general public and can be booked
through www.iFlySouthern.com as well as from our partner airlines
at United.com, aa.com, and AlaskaAir.com.
This air service provides Purdue University’s students, faculty,
staff, and families, as well as residents and businesses of Greater
Lafayette, with easier, faster connections to the world via the
fourth busiest airport in America (ORD) from the convenient airport
immediately adjacent to Purdue’s campus (LAF).
Purdue University is supporting the air service to ensure
successful ongoing operations.
The flights are operated by Southern Airways Express, the
airline subsidiary of Surf Air Mobility.
About Surf Air Mobility
Surf Air Mobility is a Los Angeles-based regional air mobility
platform expanding the category of regional air travel to transform
flying through the power of electrification. In an effort to
substantially reduce the cost and environmental impact of flying
and as the owner of the largest commuter airline in the US, Surf
Air Mobility intends to develop powertrain technology with its
commercial partners to electrify existing fleets and bring
electrified aircraft to market at scale. The management team has
deep experience and expertise across aviation, electrification, and
consumer technology.
About Purdue University
Purdue University is a public research institution demonstrating
excellence at scale. Ranked among top 10 public universities and
with two colleges in the top four in the United States, Purdue
discovers and disseminates knowledge with a quality and at a scale
second to none. More than 105,000 students study at Purdue across
modalities and locations, including nearly 50,000 in person on the
West Lafayette campus. Committed to affordability and
accessibility, Purdue’s main campus has frozen tuition 13 years in
a row. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the
next giant leap — including its first comprehensive urban campus in
Indianapolis, the new Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business,
and Purdue Computes — at
https://www.purdue.edu/president/strategic-initiatives.
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