Mon, Mar 10, 2008
Aero-News: Quote of the Day
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quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and
issues.
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content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be
thought-provoking.
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Aero-News Quote of the Day
"That's probably going to cost us $3,200 a weekend to
fly somebody up and back. Assuming that Great Lakes gets up and
running by the end of July, it will cost us $3,200 just for ER
travel for the next 19 weeks."
Source: Randy Holom, administrator at Frances
Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, MT. Saturday morning marked
the end of an era in Montana... and the beginning of a scramble for
former customers of Big Sky Airlines. The airline's Essential Air
Services (EAS) contract was pulled last year, when Big Sky could
not afford to keep flying its 19-seat Beech twin turboprops on some
subsidized routes it recently took over in the eastern US.
Effective February 1, the $8.5 million annual contract for service
to seven Montana cities was awarded to Great Lakes Aviation of
Cheyenne, WY... but the airline is still lining up the planes
needed to serve the routes, a process that could take months.
Customers who relied on the service -- including the hospital --
are looking towards GA alternatives, but that's a pricey
proposition.
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