More small airports are being cut off from the air travel network. This is why [View all]
Walking into Pennsylvania's Williamsport Regional Airport is a strange experience.
It has everything you're used to seeing in a terminal building: check-in desks, a baggage carousel, car rental counters.
But there's one thing missing — passengers.
There haven't been any commercial airline flights out of Williamsport since American Airlines left in 2021.
To lose service entirely is rare. But the withdrawal of legacy airlines from regional airports is a growing phenomenon.
American, Delta and United combined have left 74 regional airports since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study by aviation consulting firm Ailevon Pacific.
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/04/1197337454/more-small-airports-are-being-cut-off-from-the-air-travel-network-this-is-why
This is really shit for us in Harrisonburg, VA. Our local, Shenandoah Valley Regional, is on precarious footing, but currently does have commuter service of a sort with American. Fingers crossed, as for about a year we didn't when Untied left us. (spelling intentional!)
= new reply since forum marked as read