Hooters Air Dropping Almost All Service
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
March 29, 2006 2:40 p.m.
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP)--Hooters Airlines in Myrtle Beach said Wednesday that it's stopping regularly scheduled air service.
The airline said it will stop its public charter flights April 17 and will run only private charters out of Winston-Salem, N.C.
President Mark Peterson said Hooters Air will serve large groups such as sports teams and tour groups.
Peterson says some of the airline's 350 workers will be laid off in Winston-Salem. About five workers in Myrtle Beach are being laid off.
Hooters started service between Myrtle Beach and Atlanta in 2003.
As of last July, the airline was serving 15 locations.
However, the airline began canceling holiday flights in December. It had stopped most flights in January but had said it would resume service to Myrtle Beach in the spring.
"The flying industry is in a terrible mess," Hooters Air founder and chairman of Hooters of America Bob Brooks was quoted as saying by the Myrtle Beach Sun News on Wednesday. "I've got a fair amount of money, but I don't have enough to fix this animal."
Corrected March 29, 2006 14:40 ET (19:40 GMT)
"The flying industry is in a terrible mess," Hooters Air founder and chairman of Hooters of America Bob Brooks was quoted as saying by the Myrtle Beach Sun News on Wednesday. "I've got a fair amount of money, but I don't have enough to fix this animal."
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