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Old 02-18-2007, 11:34 AM
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EAU CLAIRE — After a wait of many years, Chippewa Valley travelers have their second airline carrier and soon be able to fly non-stop to Chicago.

This morning the Chippewa Valley Airport Commission approved a deal with Big Sky Airlines that will result in one daily non-stop flight between Eau Claire and Chicago’s Midway Airport.

Service will begin Saturday, March 17, when Big Sky will offer an introductory one-way fare of $89.

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Originally Posted by rsmithadx View Post
EAU CLAIRE — After a wait of many years, Chippewa Valley travelers have their second airline carrier and soon be able to fly non-stop to Chicago.

This morning the Chippewa Valley Airport Commission approved a deal with Big Sky Airlines that will result in one daily non-stop flight between Eau Claire and Chicago’s Midway Airport.

Service will begin Saturday, March 17, when Big Sky will offer an introductory one-way fare of $89.

http://www.chippewa.com/articles/200...5/news/kc1.txt
Oh brother. Big Sky is just scrapping for business are they not? They might as well look for EAS service in Russia. Good luck getting pilots over there. Too spread out. Same problem like Mesa has. . . . .
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Ellen, you seem to be a very negative person.
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Ellen, you seem to be a very negative person.
Not negative . . just observant. It's easy to fix a problem when you can walk across the tarmac and take care of it. Big Sky has not shown that they can exist in ciies like Boise, Walla Walla, Moses Lake, Great Falls, Kallispell, Spokane, so what makes you think that they can exist in Eau Claire and in the NE?

Maybe there bet is on the Midwestern work ethic. What happens when they run out of places to go? I believe your CEO said at one point in the news that he wanted 20 airplanes. So far he has taken the 9-10 planes you have and has run them through 20 cities (or at least tried too)

From what I have seen (and Nick pointed out in another post) is that Big Sky is the "grass is always greener" type of carrier. They are so busy jumping to the next best thing that they forget to do things the right way.

BTW, Big Sky is not the only airline that does this . . .
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I wasn't referring to this post in particular. Just something that I have noticed.
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I love Big Sky!!! Are you having a better day now, Shaun?
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One flight a day to Midway?? Really?? I guess its better than nothing for the residents, but one flight a day does not seem like the most profitable decision for an airline to make....
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One flight a day to Midway?? Really?? I guess its better than nothing for the residents, but one flight a day does not seem like the most profitable decision for an airline to make....
It's the only way Big Sky can stretch out the subsidy to make their flights last until the contract ends(one year). If they had two flights they would be losing twice as much money twice as fast...
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