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The jaunt from Southwest Florida to the Keys just got a little easier.

That stems from Salt Island Seaplanes, which launched service from Naples Municipal Airport to Key West with a Cessna 206 amphibious seaplane in winter 2015. Salt Island officials recently announced the company has added a Fort Myers flight from Page Field to Key West for the 2016-2017 season. Flights began Oct. 26 and run through April 30.

Salt Island Seaplanes owner and pilot Jon Rector has been thinking about adding a Fort Myers flight for several months. He was waiting to find the right location and a second plane. “We have had a lot of demand to be able to service the Fort Myers area and with this new, convenient location we will be able to better accommodate travelers on the west coast of Florida,” Rector says in a statement.