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Panel OKs paying consultant to land Roseburg-to-Portland flights
Wednesday, February 06, 2008 | No comments posted.
ROSEBURG (AP) — A consultant who helped bring air service from Astoria and Newport to Portland says Roseburg would be an ideal city for flights to Oregon’s largest city.
Mark Sixel of Eugene told the Roseburg Airport Commission this week he plans to lobby the U.S. Department of Transportation for a $1 million grant that would help Roseburg and five Washington cities get direct flights to Portland.
He said the Northwest would stand a good chance of winning the grant because Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., is chairwoman of the Senate Transportation Appropriations subcommittee. Her counterpart in the House is Roseburg’s congressman, Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield.
If the federal grant money is allocated, the city of Roseburg would be obligated to pay a $25,000 match. Flights would cost only 50 cents a mile, or about $85 one-way, on a nine-seat Cessna. The consultant said Transportation Security Administration officials are not needed for planes that seat fewer than 10 passengers.
The Roseburg Airport Commission recommended that the city of Roseburg pay Sixel Consulting $2,500 to start the grant process. Sixel’s group would get $2 per passenger once flights start.
An objection came from commissioner Dave Leonard, an engineer, who said Roseburg’s airport needs a GPS system to help with takeoffs and landings. Without it, Roseburg Regional Airport is effectively closed for as many as 24 days each winter because of clouds and fog.
If customers show up for a scheduled flight, and the low ceiling keeps them from flying, they will not show up again, Leonard said.
The former Roseburg Municipal Airport was served periodically by a number of airlines from the 1950s to the 1970s. It lost service soon after the deregulation of the airline industry in 1978.
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Information from: The News-Review, http://www.oregonnews.com
Mark Sixel of Eugene told the Roseburg Airport Commission this week he plans to lobby the U.S. Department of Transportation for a $1 million grant that would help Roseburg and five Washington cities get direct flights to Portland.
He said the Northwest would stand a good chance of winning the grant because Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., is chairwoman of the Senate Transportation Appropriations subcommittee. Her counterpart in the House is Roseburg’s congressman, Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield.
If the federal grant money is allocated, the city of Roseburg would be obligated to pay a $25,000 match. Flights would cost only 50 cents a mile, or about $85 one-way, on a nine-seat Cessna. The consultant said Transportation Security Administration officials are not needed for planes that seat fewer than 10 passengers.
The Roseburg Airport Commission recommended that the city of Roseburg pay Sixel Consulting $2,500 to start the grant process. Sixel’s group would get $2 per passenger once flights start.
An objection came from commissioner Dave Leonard, an engineer, who said Roseburg’s airport needs a GPS system to help with takeoffs and landings. Without it, Roseburg Regional Airport is effectively closed for as many as 24 days each winter because of clouds and fog.
If customers show up for a scheduled flight, and the low ceiling keeps them from flying, they will not show up again, Leonard said.
The former Roseburg Municipal Airport was served periodically by a number of airlines from the 1950s to the 1970s. It lost service soon after the deregulation of the airline industry in 1978.
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Information from: The News-Review, http://www.oregonnews.com
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