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Now boarding: Despite a booming airline business, Dickinson losing customers to Bismarck

June 23, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Dickinson’s Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport may be losing customers to the Bismarck Airport, but business is still booming, officials said. Continue Reading

No-frills air carrier is filling in gaps

May 7, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Devils Lake, Thief River Falls carrier specializes in serving small marketsA little-known airline with a fleet of tiny planes is making its mark at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, snapping up routes to towns that legacy carriers have abandoned. Continue Reading

Great Lakes Airlines will start nonstop flights, from Thief River Falls to Twin Cities, in May

April 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Thief River Falls will get nonstop flights to the Twin Cities beginning May 17. That’s the day Great Lakes Airlines will replace Delta Air Lines as the community’s passenger air carrier, according to Joe Hedrick, manager of Thief River Falls Regional Airport. Continue Reading

Dickinson airport’s numbers soaring; up 81 percent

December 13, 2011 in The Dickinson Press

Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport has experienced an 81 percent increase in passengers over last November, according to a North Dakota Aeronautics Commission press release issued Tuesday.
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Gov’t pays for empty flights to rural airports, including Glendive, Mont.

August 11, 2011 in The Dickinson Press

On some days, the pilots with Great Lakes Airlines fire up a twin-engine Beechcraft 1900 at the Ely, Nev., airport and depart for Las Vegas without a single passenger on board. And the federal government pays them to do it.
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Airport has busy month

November 9, 2010 in The Dickinson Press

October was the busiest month ever for commercial airline traffic at the Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport, according to a press release issued by the airport Tuesday. Continue Reading