UAL squeezes Hooters
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UAL squeezes Hooters
UAL squeezes Hooters Air out of Rockford
Nov. 18, 2005
(AP) - Just days after United Airlines announced plans to start flying out of Rockford International Airport, Hooters Air said Friday it is discontinuing all flights there after less than a year.
The Myrtle Beach, S.C.-based carrier said it has given airport officials notice that it will phase out service over the next several weeks. It began flying out of Rockford on Feb. 3 and currently provides nonstop service to Myrtle Beach, Atlanta, Denver, Las Vegas and St. Petersburg/Clearwater, Fla.
Several early December flights to Atlanta and Denver already have been canceled.
Reese Boyd III, Hooters Air general counsel, cited the increasing competition. Besides United, which begins flying daily to Denver in March, Northwest Airlines began daily flights to Detroit within the past year.
He said demand for flights from Rockford, "could have been better, could have been worse. But certainly, we would have liked higher load factors."
Bob O'Brien, the airport's executive director, said he hopes to discuss with Hooters officials the possibility that the airline will stay at the airport.
Hooters is a public charter company operated by Pace Airlines.
Nov. 18, 2005
(AP) - Just days after United Airlines announced plans to start flying out of Rockford International Airport, Hooters Air said Friday it is discontinuing all flights there after less than a year.
The Myrtle Beach, S.C.-based carrier said it has given airport officials notice that it will phase out service over the next several weeks. It began flying out of Rockford on Feb. 3 and currently provides nonstop service to Myrtle Beach, Atlanta, Denver, Las Vegas and St. Petersburg/Clearwater, Fla.
Several early December flights to Atlanta and Denver already have been canceled.
Reese Boyd III, Hooters Air general counsel, cited the increasing competition. Besides United, which begins flying daily to Denver in March, Northwest Airlines began daily flights to Detroit within the past year.
He said demand for flights from Rockford, "could have been better, could have been worse. But certainly, we would have liked higher load factors."
Bob O'Brien, the airport's executive director, said he hopes to discuss with Hooters officials the possibility that the airline will stay at the airport.
Hooters is a public charter company operated by Pace Airlines.
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