CAE Kicks Off College Football Season

Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) celebrated the kick-off to college football  on August 30th with the annual Tailgate/Customer Appreciation event in the terminal’s main lobby. Passengers and football fans enjoyed free hotdogs and a variety of prizes and giveaways. (Allen University, SC State University, and the University of South Carolina joined in the festivities with representation of their respective schools and football programs).

“We look forward to this event each year”, said Kim Jamieson, CAE’s Director of Marketing and Air Service Development. “It provides such a fun opportunity for us to celebrate the official beginning to college football season and is also a great opportunity to show our appreciation to our passengers for their support and for flying local.”

Travelers arriving to CAE for the first time were pleasantly surprised and enjoyed a great welcome and an unforgettable first impression of our airport and of the community.

Over 777,000 passengers have traveled through CAE year to date. American Airlines started nonstop service to New York/LaGuardia in May and Delta Air Lines added a second nonstop flight to New York/LaGuardia in June bringing the total to three nonstop flights to New York City. American Airlines announced earlier this year their new nonstop service to Miami, Florida beginning on December 19.

About the Columbia Metropolitan Airport

Now providing nonstop service to eight major cities and nine airports including Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York City (LGA), Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. (Dulles and Reagan National), Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) continues to be a major economic driver for the Midlands region. Welcoming over 1.2 million passengers in 2018, CAE is served by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines and is a regional cargo hub for UPS and FedEx. For more information, please visit www.flycae.com.