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Delta Airlines flies into Humboldt
The Arcata/Eureka airport gets third airline carrier
Karina Gonzalez
Issue date: 2/27/08 Section: Community
Move over Horizon Air, shake that tail United Airlines, because you will now be sharing the runway with Delta.
Beginning June 6, Delta Airlines, which is the first eastbound carrier to touchdown in Humboldt County, will fly nonstop flights to Salt Lake City.
Madelin Holtkamp, executive director of the Redwood Region Economic Development Commission, said they have been working on bringing Delta Airlines to Humboldt County for more than 18 months.
Holtkamp said the arrival of Delta Airlines benefits the local area. Although Humboldt County serves north- and southbound flyers well, there is a need for a carrier to the East.
Many flights will be nonstop flights from Arcata to Salt Lake City, a city with 106 destinations including 10 international flights. There will be some direct nonstop flights to other destinations.
Holtkamp said that now in order to go east, one must fly to San Francisco. There, flights are constantly delayed due to bad weather. A business trip to Chicago, which would normally take three days, will take only one day when Delta Airlines takes off in June, she said.
Todd Larsen, general manager of Baroni Designs in Arcata, said they have been put behind several times because of weather delays.
At times his employees have had to spend the night in San Francisco. He sends employees to New York, Atlanta and Boston several times a year. He said the direct flight to Salt Lake City will help his company save money.
"We're excited there is going to be competition with United Airlines. Their prices are atrocious," he said.
Larsen said his company looks forward to paying a little less. He now pays $600-$800 for a midweek business flight. He also looks forward to Delta's arrival because they have jetliners that carry 50 people instead of smaller propeller planes.
However, getting Delta Airlines to the area was a big job.
Holtkamp said before Delta Airlines would consider coming to Humboldt County, the community had to prove there was a market for them. Three items had to be established.
Beginning June 6, Delta Airlines, which is the first eastbound carrier to touchdown in Humboldt County, will fly nonstop flights to Salt Lake City.
Madelin Holtkamp, executive director of the Redwood Region Economic Development Commission, said they have been working on bringing Delta Airlines to Humboldt County for more than 18 months.
Holtkamp said the arrival of Delta Airlines benefits the local area. Although Humboldt County serves north- and southbound flyers well, there is a need for a carrier to the East.
Many flights will be nonstop flights from Arcata to Salt Lake City, a city with 106 destinations including 10 international flights. There will be some direct nonstop flights to other destinations.
Holtkamp said that now in order to go east, one must fly to San Francisco. There, flights are constantly delayed due to bad weather. A business trip to Chicago, which would normally take three days, will take only one day when Delta Airlines takes off in June, she said.
Todd Larsen, general manager of Baroni Designs in Arcata, said they have been put behind several times because of weather delays.
At times his employees have had to spend the night in San Francisco. He sends employees to New York, Atlanta and Boston several times a year. He said the direct flight to Salt Lake City will help his company save money.
"We're excited there is going to be competition with United Airlines. Their prices are atrocious," he said.
Larsen said his company looks forward to paying a little less. He now pays $600-$800 for a midweek business flight. He also looks forward to Delta's arrival because they have jetliners that carry 50 people instead of smaller propeller planes.
However, getting Delta Airlines to the area was a big job.
Holtkamp said before Delta Airlines would consider coming to Humboldt County, the community had to prove there was a market for them. Three items had to be established.
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Jeff Stevenson
posted 3/03/08 @ 9:50 PM PST
A 50 seat Embraer jet by ExpressJet (NOT Delta Airlines, by the way), is somehow 'bigger' than Horizon's 76 seat Q400? Check again. It's bigger than a Brasilia, but much smaller than the Q400, and tighter in seat pitch, too. (Continued…)
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