LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — The first Breeze Airways flight took off from Lancaster Airport Tuesday afternoon.

The direct flight to Orlando had only 19 passengers. More seats were booked but Hurricane Milton led to cancellations. The morning flight from Orlando to Lancaster had 134 passengers.

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Officials say it’s taken a lot of work to get to this point.

“It’s awesome,” Executive Director for Lancaster Airport Authority Ed Foster said. “It really is. Been waiting on this for a couple of years. And here it is. It worked out. The weather is perfect. The crowd coming in. Some are escaping Florida, but 134 passengers on a first flight. That’s a record. Only had three empty seats. So not so many going out. But who wants to go chase a storm on an airplane.”

Flights to Orlando will be on Thursdays and Sundays moving forward.

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