Arnold Palmer Regional Airport preparing to hire staff for new Breeze Airways service

A new airline is getting ready to take off at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe, Westmoreland County, and preparations are already underway.Breeze Airways is expected to begin offering direct flights to Myrtle Beach and Orlando next year. But before those planes take off, the airport has to staff up.It has been nearly a month since Breeze Airways announced plans to begin offering weekly nonstop flights to South Carolina and Florida from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. With less than four months until the airline's first flight leaves Latrobe for Myrtle Beach, plenty of work still needs to be done.Airport executive director Maurice "Moe" Haas says the airport is looking to fill several new positions to support Breeze's operations."Above wing and below wing, personnel. Below wing, they require four people, and above wing, they require three people," Haas said.Haas says the airport is looking to fill approximately 14 new part-time positions to service Breeze flights, with hopes