United daily service: Win for Valley...Is the price too high? Absolutely not. Contrary to some questioning, yes, a Revenue Guarantee for United Airlines to provide the Mahoning Valley with service from the local Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport is absolutely something the businesses and governmental agencies in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys need to fully endorse, and are endorsing. United has agreed to keep the fares the same as can be purchased in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. With the fares at the same cost as Cleveland and Pittsburgh, and only $6 per day long-term parking ($30 maximum per week) and $7 per day short-term parking ($35 maximum per week) at the Vienna airport, not spending gas and paying tolls to get to the other airports one to two hours away, and the time saved (time saved being of the utmost importance), it will actually be cheaper to fly from Vienna to Chicago and the 130-plus, one-stop connecting destinations beyond Chicago. Remember, more than just service to Chicago, this is also service to anywhere through Chicago. Daily air service has a huge economic development impact on the communities that have it through the increased access those flights provide travelers for both business and leisure. Daily air service is so important, in fact, that many companies choosing to invest in a region will only do so if that region has daily air service. We are very close to reaching our $1.75 million revenue guarantee goal . . . we should have a decision from United in the coming months. And hopefully we will not need all of the revenue guarantee funds to sustain it. Click to read full article....
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:30:36 +0000
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