Manhattan Regional Airport and American Eagle Airlines announced the addition of another daily, round-trip flight between Manhattan and Dallas-Fort Worth during a press conference Thursday morning.

The airport already had two daily regional flights between the two cities. American Eagle Airlines began the jet service Aug. 25 last year. The new addition was decided based on how full recent flights have been to Dallas-Fort Worth.

"We have gotten to the point where demand has exceeded capacity," said Peter Van Kuren, airport director. "80 percent of seats are being filled, which justifies the addition of another flight."

Van Kuren said that in the airline business, utilization is tracked by the load factor. This is how airlines determine the percentage of seats that are being filled in any given flight.

The load factor is determined by multiplying how many seats are available on a flight by how far the distance is, and then dividing that number by how many of the seats are actually filled multiplied by the distance.

"We think it will help meet some of the needs of our international travelers," Van Kuren said.

Part of the reason this jet service is so popular is because the airport in Dallas-Fort Worth has internationally connecting flights.

Tickets for the third flight may be purchased beginning Jan. 18, and the third flight will start service April 6.

Van Kuren said there also seems to be some interest from the community in the addition of a Chicago flight service.

"There appears to be a strong interest in Chicago flights," Van Kuren said. "That would be the next natural flight addition."

However, there are no plans currently to add a service from Manhattan to a Chicago airport.