Pennsylvania company plans Allentown-LV flights

Monday, April 21, 2003 | 9:51 a.m.

A small discount air carrier based in eastern Pennsylvania will offer twice-a-week flights between Allentown, Pa., and Las Vegas beginning next month.

Flightserv Inc., Lehigh Valley, Pa., which operates Interstate Jet, plans scheduled charter round trips between Lehigh Valley International Airport and McCarran International Airport Thursdays and Sundays beginning May 29.

The airline will use twin-engine, 215-passenger Boeing 757 jets leased from Trans Meridian Airlines, Atlanta, on the route.

Flights will leave Allentown at 10:35 a.m., arriving in Las Vegas at 12:25 p.m., with the return flight leaving McCarran International at 1:55 p.m., arriving in Allentown at 9:20 p.m.

Lehigh Valley International Airport serves a 12-county area with a population of about 2.5 million people.

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