City of Rockford IL "bribes" UAL!

[Dizel8]

The city of Rockford, IL, has signed an agreement with United, offering UAL up to 2.5M against losses on a RFD-DEN route.

 

[boeing747-800]

so qhat

 

[Uppercrust]

UAL will probably rise again. Watch out!!

 

[Thedude]

Nothing new...happens all the the for smaller cities

 

[bestpilot]

so qhat

Duude, I'll tell you so quat, cause we be gettin incentives from like smaller cities who be lookin fer a way to be like gettin new service, and more peeps into there liek town and stuuff like dat.

Duude, it's like smart fer dem to like be gettin da peeps to be like rentin dem cars, and like payin for parkin and like eatin da grub.

 

[Thedude]

Duude, I'll tell you so quat, cause we be gettin incentives from like smaller cities who be lookin fer a way to be like gettin new service, and more peeps into there liek town and stuuff like dat.

Duude, it's like smart fer dem to like be gettin da peeps to be like rentin dem cars, and like payin for parkin and like eatin da grub.

I think we have just found a canidate for chemical castration

 

[smellthejeta]

The city of Rockford, IL, has signed an agreement with United, offering UAL up to 2.5M against losses on a RFD-DEN route.

Well, NW pulled their airlink service out of RFD because the city renigged (or wanted to cancel or whatever) some guaranteed revenue contracts because the city wasn't getting what they wanted from them. I know that the city itself was running some very good promos to use RFD -- for instance, they were offering rebates on ticket purchases there. I'm wondering if UAL will fare better with their deal.

 

[Big Duke Six]

Hooters flies there too right? Or did that go away?

 

[NJA bound]

Hooters Air to Cancel Service from the Greater Rockford Airport

Myrtle Beach, Dec 8 - Hooters Air announced today it will be reducing service from the Greater Rockford Airport in Rockford, Illinois and end service effective January 5, 2006. Increased costs and the recent announcement by the Rockford Airport Authority that it will provide $2.5 million in incentives and revenue guarantees to secure additional air service between Rockford and Denver to a Hooters Air competitor, has led to this difficult decision. "With the current market conditions Hooters Air will shift some of our assets from Scheduled Service to Charter Service," said Hooters Air President Mark Peterson. "It was not helpful that the Rockford Airport Authority provided revenue guarantees with public funds to a competing carrier on a route we have been operating."

 

[climbhappy]

hooters flew there until everybody else showed up. hooters air is turnng in 6 airplanes to the lessor next week. all 300's .. we hear Myrtle is shut down til march. some of our planes are power by the hour. we hear he's looking for others.

Mr. Brooks is quite gunshy about this crazy industry. i guess the press han't been inviting as of late.

Pace has always done mostly sports charters, pro and college and will continue.