Airport new avenue for improved PDX connections
NORTH BEND Airport managers have a new plan to try to get money to add more connections for North Bend passengers at Portland. Executive Director Gary LeTellier said he plans to strategize an application plan with airport directors from Salem and K...
 2.2K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 189.0 SkyWest cuts flight to Portland
NORTH BEND ” The twice daily flight pattern to Portland is convenient for some, but don t get used to it. Come October, there will be only one daily northbound flight out of the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport. SkyWest Airlines is cancel...
3.8K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 278.0 Klamath Falls extends subsidies for flights
KLAMATH FALLS (AP) A revenue guarantee to keep SkyWest Airlines flying from Klamath Falls to Portland will be extended until April. Private enterprises from the Klamath Basin are paying 85 percent of the subsidy that was due to expire next month, w...
0.6K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 120.0 Celebrate airline's local success story
Let s talk, for a change, about a government stimulus program that clearly has worked. Last week, SkyWest Airlines announced it would stop relying on subsidies for flights between North Bend and Portland. The announcement reflects a remarkable achiev...
2.1K - Aug. 27, 2009; scored 228.0 Cheers and Jeers
Shiver me timbers Cheers for creative approaches to building our economic future. A boat building center in Empire can become a magnet for a quirky, hands-on variety of cultural tourism. Good hustle by Coos Bay s Urban Renewal Agency. Hey, batter ba...
1.7K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 155.0 Airport seeks grant to boost north flights
NORTH BEND Coos County Airport District will apply for a $500,000 grant to arrange for more travel connections for people traveling to and from Portland International Airport. The matching grant would come from the U.S. Department of Tran...
1.6K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 120.0 Airport: Flights north don't need subsidy
NORTH BEND - Coos County airport officials delivered a double helping of good news today: SkyWest Airlines is ending its reliance on public subsidies for passenger service between North Bend and Portland. And flight connections in Portland will impro...
2.9K - Aug. 20, 2009; scored 336.0 Airport ties to finagle more flights from PDX
The Coos County Airport District is pushing for more connections for SkyWest Airlines flights arriving in Portland from North Bend. The district board will talk about a possible code share with Portland International Airport at Thursday morning s pub...
0.7K - Aug. 19, 2009; scored 120.0 From zero to success
Skywest Airlines had nowhere to go but up. It started from a zero customer base at North Bend last summer, as its Embraer 120 turboprop revved engines and took off on the inaugural San Francisco flight. One year later, that route and that airline are...
2.0K - Aug. 6, 2009; scored 324.0 Wanted: Big jets at local airport
BANDON Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s southbound flights are doing well enough for airport officials to begin lobbying for a larger aircraft. In a genial town hall meeting between one of the top brass from SkyWest Airlines and community lead...
4.1K - Aug. 5, 2009; scored 1000.0 A year of wings and prayers
What a difference a year can make. Twelve months ago, Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s shiny new terminal stood gleaming amid grim irony. Horizon Air had just announced it would abandon its Portland service. SkyWest Airlines would fly planes to Sa...
2.0K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 198.0 Airport: Passenger volume improves
Flights between North Bend and San Francisco are doing well enough for SkyWest Airlines to operate without a revenue guarantee. And, though Portland flights still need airport district help, airport officials say they no longer fear losing Portland s...
2.8K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 275.0 Stimulus $1.3 M goes toward taxiway move
The federal government is plunking down $1.3 million in stimulus dollars to provide additional funding for the relocation of Taxiway C at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport. The money rounds out funds for the $10 million project ...
1.8K - May. 22, 2009; scored 120.0 Barton, Benetti take flight
Experience was the common denominator determining the winners in the two races for Coos County Airport District board. Incumbent Joe Benetti kept his Position 2 seat in Tuesday's special districts election, while voters welcomed back Jon Barton, who ...
2.8K - May. 20, 2009; scored 155.0 Airport candidates speak on issues
The airport is important Jon Barton The 69-year-old Coos Bay resident has lived in the Bay Area for 15 years and been visiting family on the South Coast since 1962. Jon Barton Why are you running for airport board? Barton said he realizes the importa...
10.7K - May. 4, 2009; scored 214.0 Airport Board seat 2 candidates differ in management style
Airline ticket prices are too high, one candidate says. The airline scheduling just doesn't work, says another. They hope to do something about it, if only voters will mark their names on the May 19 ballot. Here's the first part of coverage the race ...
7.8K - May. 1, 2009; scored 228.0 Airport steers toward smooth transition
A popular aviation proverb defines a good landing as any landing you can walk away from. The retirement of the North Bend airport's director fits that description. Gary LeTellier has been buffeted by turbulence both economic and political. Southwest ...
2.0K - Apr. 21, 2009; scored 120.0 Airport aims to bolster image
Southwest Oregon Regional Airport, struggling to build ridership on Portland flights, has tapped its contingency fund to hire a public relations spokesman. Coos County native Matthew Jarvis, also a broadcast newsman and owner of a startup weekly news...
3.3K - Apr. 8, 2009; scored 120.0 SkyWest fixes 'no flights' glitch
Rumors fly when you have a low-ridership crisis such as the one Southwest Oregon Regional Airport officials have been dealing with on SkyWest Airlines' Portland flights. This week and last, apparently, the SkyWest Web site at united.com listed indi...
3.1K - Apr. 7, 2009; scored 378.0 Firm takes survey on Portland flights
A North Bend aviation company could offer scheduled charter flights between North Bend and Portland within a couple of weeks - but only if it gets a good response on a survey. Ocean Air Aviation's co-owner Denise Langerveld said the service could sta...
3.0K - Apr. 6, 2009; scored 294.0 | 
