21 WFMJ and Allegiant Air Partner Up
I guess 21 WFMJ took it to heart when I wrote a nasty article on this very site when they did not cover the Airport’s new marketing campaign, as well as how they continue to allow CAK to dominate the airwaves during their newscasts. This morning, I was quite surprised. Allegiant Air was sponsoring a segment of WFMJ today around 6:45am, their top time slot of the morning.
Allegiant Air had a nice 30 second ad promoting Allegiant Air’s service from Youngstown to Orlando with low fares beginning at $79 one way. Let’s hope this ad gets more people in our area to fly Allegiant Air. What we truly need though are radio ad’s on stations in Akron, such as WKDD 98.1 and WDJQ 92.5; which are Akron-Canton’s Hot 101 and 95.9 Kiss-FM. These ad’s would perhaps steal some traffic from CAK, which is a must right now!
Interesting News from February Port Meeting…
Well I just got ahold of the February Board Minutes, and I got some good news to post! Here is a Link to the Minutes: CLICK HERE.
Airport AD Steve Bowser attended the 2008 Allegiant Air Airport Conference, 50 current airports and 50 more which hope to get Allegiant’s service were in attendance. Bowser got this news: The load factors and yields are up. Allegiant has scheduled more flights into August compared to last year. Chairman Masternick asked if YNG’s load factor met or exceeded Allegiant’s expectations. Mr. Bowser noted that YNG has exceeded Allegiant’s load factors by nearly 10%. It was noted that the load factors for Allegiant would be instrumental in enticing new airlines to YNG.
This is great news to here, because Allegiant Air not only just purchased 6 new jets, but they are looking at expanding to new routes in the coming weeks, let’s cross our fingers YNG gets additional flights!
What I also found out is that YNG has hired the Sixel Consulting Group to help in attracting an airline. The selling point about Sixel is that they will defer all fee’s until the airport/Sixel are successful in enticing an airline to Youngstown!
This is positive news for the airport for the year of 2008. We just received a grant worth nearly $1 million dollars. Stay tuned to our blog for the latest info!
KYNG gets close to $1 Million for Security
This grant + $565k + $900k from a year ago= About $2.5 Million Federal/State Dollars to improve the airport….
VIENNA — The Federal Aviation Administration has approved a $962,885
grant for the Western Reserve Port Authority to improve safety at its
Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport.
U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Niles, D-17th, announced the grant today.
The money will go toward safety equipment, airfield guidance signs
and fencing improvements. These funds are necessary to enhance airport
safety.
“I pledge to continue working for the airport’s needed resources but
also look forward to working with the port authority on broader
economic development projects throughout the Mahoning Valley,” Ryan
said in a press release.
“This grant is extremely important because the FAA won’t allow us to
move ahead with the airport’s master plan until we complete the fence
project. This puts us two years ahead of schedule,” said John
Masternick Jr., authority chairman.
Federal funds are being provided for the fourth construction phase
to raise the height of the wildlife perimeter fence from eight to 10
feet.
In addition, funds have been made available for the installation of runway guidance signs at the airport.
Skybus no more, so much for our efforts!
From the Skybus.com Website:
Skybus struggled to overcome the combination of rising jet fuel costs
and a slowing economic environment. These two issues proved to be
insurmountable for a new carrier.
We deeply regret the impact this decision will have on our employees
and their families, customers, vendors, suppliers, airport officials
and others in the cities in which we have operated. Our financial
condition is such that our Board of Directors felt it had no choice but
to cease operations.
Passengers holding reservations for Skybus flights scheduled to depart
on or after Saturday, April 5, 2008 should contact their credit card
companies to arrange to apply for a refund. More information for
customers and others will be made available on the Skybus web site
(www.skybus.com) as it becomes available.
All flights for Friday, April 4 will be completed. Passengers holding
reservations on flights for Friday, April 4 should check in for their
flight at a Skybus kiosk at the airport instead of the Skybus website.
Interesting Flight from MSP then to MCI
Yesterday, an ExpressJet Airlines Embraer-145 landed at the airport from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Just tonight it left to go to Kansas City, MO. I went and looked around on the internet, and none of these two cities is where ExpressJet is based at. I was hoping that perhaps ExpressJet came to the airport to talk one on one with Steve Bowser about future flights; and maybe that occured, but as of now it is unlikely.
Does anyone know what this flight was for tonight?
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