Gulfstream adds more flights

Gulfstream International Airlines will add daily direct flights to Orlando and Tampa beginning Sunday, the carrier announced this afternoon in a move to provide nonstops previously offered by Delta Air Lines.Weekday nonstop service between Orlando and Tallahassee will increase from three round trips to four. The weekday direct flights between Tampa and Tallahassee will increase from four round trips to six, the airline said. Reduced service is offered on the weekend.

We just moved to try to fill all the demand we are seeing out there, said Mickey Bowman, Gulfstream’s vice president of corporate development. With Delta’s departure, we are trying to backfill because of that.The service is operated under Gulfstream’s Continental Connection affiliation with Continental Airlines. Under this arrangement, Gulfstream coordinates pricing and schedules with Continental, giving Gulfstream passengers seamless travel arrangements for ticketing and baggage transfers.

Delta announced in September that it would no longer offer direct flights from Tallahassee to Orlando or Tampa, effective Oct. 1. The airline still flies direct to Fort Lauderdale and to Atlanta, its southeastern hub. American Airlines’ American Eagle service has direct service to Miami from Tallahassee.