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bottomofthehill

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2. People may not like the response but

Reply to yankee87 (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 4, 2023, 03:20 PM

Sep 2023

Airports are expensive to maintain. When use drops and routs are not profitable, the airlines go away. Having an airport that gets a few flights a week is expensive.

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More small airports are being cut off from the air travel network. This is why [View all] Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 OP

This stinks yankee87 Sep 2023 #1

People may not like the response but bottomofthehill Sep 2023 #2

It could also be that drmeow Sep 2023 #15

Very true. MineralMan Sep 2023 #3

Yes, but the additional flight would have taken an hour from boarding to discharging passengers bottomofthehill Sep 2023 #4

Actually, there used to be non-stop flights MineralMan Sep 2023 #5

I remember that name, too, and I was never there DFW Sep 2023 #6

I used to fly out of the San Luis Obispo (SBP) airport. MineralMan Sep 2023 #7

Yes, but millions of federal dollars were flowing into an airport that people were not using bottomofthehill Sep 2023 #9

I believe there is still service from O'Hare to Champaign, IL (KCMI) VMA131Marine Sep 2023 #11

List of cities: dalton99a Sep 2023 #8

And if airlines were making money flying there bottomofthehill Sep 2023 #10

The Federal government has been subsidising VMA131Marine Sep 2023 #13

Waste of taxpayers dollars. bottomofthehill Sep 2023 #16

There are other issues to consider. VMA131Marine Sep 2023 #18

New Haven - Tweed has airline service on Avelo VMA131Marine Sep 2023 #12

State College, PA - University Park Airport VMA131Marine Sep 2023 #14

Some of those gained other carriers though madville Sep 2023 #19

The Tallahassee airport has struggled for years to keep flying connector flights csziggy Sep 2023 #22

One word - RAIL! More words: Wonder Why Sep 2023 #17

Don't see much happening with regional rail madville Sep 2023 #20

You are right. States don't want to pay for it. The feds only under Biden are investing Wonder Why Sep 2023 #21