Surf Air plans to offer commuter flights between Hawthorne and San Diego

All-you-can-fly membership airline Surf Air plans to begin offering commuter service between Hawthorne Municipal Airport and San Diego’s Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport. Although the Santa Monica-based airline is confident the expanded service will begin sometime in this year’s second quarter, it is not ready to commit to a definite start date. “As we move forward and see what demand looks like, we will confirm a date, but based on the research and interest we’re getting, I don’t see it not happening,” said Barry Holmes, Surf Air’s chief revenue officer. The planned move to offer business travelers with as many as five daily flights to Hawthorne from San Diego — and as many as five in the opposite direction — was fueled by increasing inquiries from both existing and prospective members, Holmes said. Surf Air currently operates one daily flight to Hawthorne out of Carlsbad in San Diego County. The airline’s network of destinations also includes Burbank, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, Napa, Monterey and Lake Tahoe.<br/>