There is a new option to get round Texas: Known as Ladybird Jet, it is a premium regional air shuttle service providing scheduled semi-private flights between Fredericksburg and Dallas, launching on August 28.
Ladybird Jet is a constitution dealer, and never a direct or oblique air provider. They don’t personal or function plane. All flights are operated by FAA-certified Half 135 air carriers who preserve full operational management. Ladybird Jet as an alternative serves as an agent for the consumer or the air provider.
The corporate was based in Fredericksburg by Michele Wilkinson and Devon Perry, who’ve introduced collectively their data in entrepreneurialism and aviation.
“Ladybird Jet was born out of a necessity for environment friendly regional journey with out the trouble of enormous industrial airports,” Perry says in an announcement. “Michele Wilkinson and I created this service to mix hospitality, precision, and time effectivity for our passengers.”
Working out of Fredericksburg’s Gillespie County Airport (T82) and Addison Airport (ADS) in Dallas, Ladybird Jet will provide flights each Thursday and Sunday. The service is constructed round offering top-tier comfort—passengers can arrive minutes earlier than takeoff, skip TSA traces, and luxuriate in concierge-level help.
Visiting the Fredericksburg wine nation is an enormous theme. It is hoping that as an alternative of driving 4-1/2 hours on I-35, its Dallas prospects will wish to hit the wineries in an hour. Ladybird Jet additionally supplies personal charters and wine flights to Hill Nation and Napa Valley, however there are to date no plans to supply a San Antonio shuttle.
Flight infoThe inaugural route shall be round-trip service between Dallas and Fredericksburg launching Labor Day weekend.
The primary flight leaves Dallas on August 28 at 2 pm, arrives at Fredericksburg at 3 pm.The flight then leaves Fredericksburg at 4 pm and returns to Dallas at 5 pm.
The aircraft seats eight folks, and the round-trip airfare is $1,397.
As soon as they get Dallas locked down, they’re going to be including a roundtrip between Houston and Fredericksburg within the fall, with service to Midland subsequent.
As Ladybird Jet gears up for launch, the model is targeted on connecting native communities, supporting tourism, and redefining what it means to journey effectively within the Lone Star State.
“It is about bringing folks collectively — with model, pace, and a glass of wine ready on the opposite aspect,” provides Wilkinson.