NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Low-fare ******* PEOPLExpress says it is offering flights from the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport to Orlando, *******, starting Oct. 16.

The ******* on Monday also announced that flights to eight destinations can be booked through March 31.

PEOPLExpress launched service in June. It offers flights to and from Atlanta; Boston; Newark, New Jersey; Pittsburgh, and West Palm Beach, *******. Service starts to New Orleans on Aug. 28 and to St. Petersburg, *******, on Aug. 29.

“From the very beginning, PEOPLExpress was designed to provide a fun, creative and innovative approach to air travel to dispel the myth that low air fares have to mean low service or an impersonal experience,” said Jeff Erickson, a long-time ******* executive on behalf of the carrier. “PEOPLExpress is restoring the concepts of respect, value and excitement to the air travel experience.”