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 102.0 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 819.0 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 64.0 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 182.0 How long are those runways?
Question: How long are the runways at the North Bend airport, and what kinds of planes can they accommodate? Answer: The primary runway is 6,000 feet long and 150 feet wide. The secondary runway is 4,470 feet long, said Gene Cossey, airport operatio...
1.5K - Aug. 25, 2009; scored 129.0 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 102.0 Runway expansion could take years
NORTH BEND The Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s manager has big plans for bigger planes, but it will take a bigger runway. Should the project come to fruition, airport officials likely would face stringent government oversight and maybe oppositi...
3.7K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 334.0 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 64.0 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 595.0 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 259.0 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 168.0 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 518.0 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 150.0 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 194.0 Faulty jet ramp a 'setback' for Medford airport
MEDFORD (AP) - A design error has officials at the Medford airport trying to figure out what to do with a jet ramp that no longer matches up with the passenger terminal. The airport recently opened a new, 100,000-square-foot terminal that is three ti...
1.9K - Jun. 1, 2009; scored 64.0 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 64.0 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 102.0 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 102.0 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 64.0 Barton committed to prosperity
We need Jon Barton back on our airport board. Here s why. When it comes to working with all the interested parties to our local airport, Jon s considering the needs of all of us. He has some great ideas to help Skywest maintain profitability, while a...
1.2K - Apr. 23, 2009; scored 129.0 | 
