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ND airline boardings set records in February

March 20, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK Airline boardings at North Dakota’s eight commercial and regional airports continued to break records in February. Continue Reading

Great Lakes officials visit

January 31, 2013 in The Jamestown Sun

Great Lakes Aviation continues working to improve the pricing and reliability of commercial air service to Jamestown Regional Airport, company officials said Thursday.
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Duluth’s new air maintenance base fully booked

October 23, 2012 in Duluth News Tribune

Air Canada won’t just be AAR Aircraft Services’ first customer at its new aircraft maintenance base in Duluth.
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Needles found in sandwiches on 4 Delta flights

July 16, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Delta Air Lines Inc. and the FBI are trying to figure out how needles got into turkey sandwiches served aboard four flights from Amsterdam. One passenger was injured. Continue Reading

United Airlines service to Denver from GF starts in October

May 29, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

United Airlines plans to start offering two daily flights between Grand Forks and Denver on Oct. 3, the carrier announced Tuesday. Patrick Dame, Grand Forks airport executive director, said United flights to Denver would depart Grand Forks at 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. Departures from Denver will be at 12:40 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Continue Reading

Don’t expect to sit by family on summer flights

May 22, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Airlines are reserving a growing number of window and aisle seats for passengers willing to pay extra. That’s helping to boost revenue but also making it harder for friends and family members who don’t pay this fee to sit next to each other. At the peak of the summer travel season, it might be nearly impossible. Continue Reading

WILL: Legacy airlines suffering from market competition

April 17, 2012 in The Daily Republic

In 1938, the Civil Aeronautics Act codified a government-managed cartel. In the last three decades there have been 192 airline bankruptcies. Continue Reading

GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: Up, up and away

April 12, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Record boardings at Grand Forks Airport leads to parking shortage. Director credits added flights, growth in state. Continue Reading

JetBlue captain has ‘medical situation’ mid-flight

March 27, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

A passenger on a JetBlue flight bound for Las Vegas that landed unexpectedly in Texas says a man she thinks was the captain was yelling about a bomb. Heidi Karg told CNN there was a lot of commotion and that she heard him shout the word “bomb.” Continue Reading

Study: More bargain-hunting Canadians flying out of U.S. airports

March 21, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

The Canadian Airports Council says in a report titled “One of Our Airports is Missing” that last year a 4.8-million one-way trips were made by Canadians to American airports, an increase of 15 percent from 2010.
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