Newburgh-based New York Stewart International Airport will soon start direct flights to the Faroe Islands, a popular European tourist destination. 
It is the nation’s first nonstop flight service to the island group sitting halfway between Norway and Iceland, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ). 
Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole said in a press release that the new flights would bring in tourism dollars and create local jobs in the Hudson Valley region. 
The Faroe Islands’ national airline, Atlantic Airways, will operate the new flights, with outbound services from Stewart on Wednesdays and return flights on Tuesdays. …