NEW BEDFORD — Cape Air’s first 35-minute New Bedford flight to Boston’s Logan Airport is scheduled to take off Monday, Sept. 29.

The price for a one-way ticket is $79, according to Cape Air’s website .

It’s the inaugural flight in a new twice daily service to Boston from New Bedford Regional Airport, with departure times of 8:15 a.m. and 2 p.m.

There will also be two flights a day from Logan to New Bedford Airport, departing at 1 p.m. and 6:40 p.m.

City officials hailed the prospect of offering residents from throughout the area an opportunity to access Logan from New Bedford and onto national and international flights.

The benefits include, they say, avoiding the traffic congestion by car, a quicker Transportation Security Administration clearance than at Logan, as well as cheaper

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