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SeaPort Air cancels service to San Felipe
http://aviationtribune.com/airlines/north-america/item/3195-...
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I guess they found that very few people want to go to san Felipe, eh?
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Read the article, it's not just San Felipe being cancelled!
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People don't want to go to these places either.... Sacramento, Visalia, Burbank, San Diego, Imperial, Salina, Great Bend and Kansas City.
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From SeaPort's web page:
Announcement regarding the discontinuation of service in CA, KS, MO and Mexico:
We regret to announce that effective 1/15/16, scheduled air service in California and Mexico have been discontinued, and effective 1/17/16 service to
Kansas and Missouri will be discontinued. Due to the current pilot shortage and its toll on our ability to do business, SeaPort is restructuring our
route network. Customers with reservations for impacted routes should please contact 888-573-2767 for a full refund.
Closures are effective immediately at the following cities for all scheduled service:
Sacramento, CA
Visalia, CA
Burbank, CA
San Diego, CA
Imperial, CA
San Felipe, BC (Mexico)
Salina, KS
Great Bend, KS
Kansas City, MO
Service in the Pacific Northwest, Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas will continue to operate normally, as scheduled and without disruption. Customers can
be assured that they will continue to recieve the quality customer service they have come to expect from SeaPort Airlines on these
routes.
[yes, they misspelled receive]
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Quote: Originally posted by rts551  | People don't want to go to these places either.... Sacramento, Visalia, Burbank, San Diego, Imperial, Salina, Great Bend and Kansas City.
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"San Diego hosts almost 34 million visitors each year, and is a top U.S. travel destination."
http://www.sandiego.org/industry-research.aspx
Welcome to Sandy Eggo! Now go home, but leave your daughters....
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There is an other way to look at this...their EAS funding is expiring on at least three of the cities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_Air_Service
or Google = Essential Air Service
It takes $$ to put those birds in the air so when the company doesn't have the $$ coming from passenger demand/revenue or the EAS funding runs out
then the planes can't fly.
Either way someone is on the loosing side.
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by karenintx |
There is an other way to look at this...their EAS funding is expiring on at least three of the cities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_Air_Service
or Google = Essential Air Service
It takes $$ to put those birds in the air so when the company doesn't have the $$ coming from passenger demand/revenue or the EAS funding runs out
then the planes can't fly.
Either way someone is on the loosing side.
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Thanks! I see Imperial County as one. So, without taxpayers subsidizing the flights to El Centro/Imperial, the airline would not sell any tickets at a
profitable/ fair market price? Options for them now are to drive to Yuma, San Diego, or Palm Springs to catch a flight, yes?
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| Quote: Originally posted by karenintx |
There is an other way to look at this...their EAS funding is expiring on at least three of the cities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_Air_Service
or Google = Essential Air Service
It takes $$ to put those birds in the air so when the company doesn't have the $$ coming from passenger demand/revenue or the EAS funding runs out
then the planes can't fly.
Either way someone is on the loosing side.
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You hit the nail on the head. But, at the end of the day, this becomes a victory for big business over small business.
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por k no? big bidness doesn't want to lose money on these routes. Y the F*CK do they care who runs these routes? obviously, there is no $ in
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A Typical "Temporary" Government Program
Now going on 40.
EAS should have been Dead long ago.
There is NO such thing as "essential" passenger air travel.
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Tell that to the people in Hawaii! Or how about Juneau, the only state capital with a moat!
All over Alaska are communities, industries, and military installations that are hundreds of miles from any roads even within the state! Driving 3300
miles down through Canada to where I stay in northern CA was fun, but it is beyond many folks budgets or time frame.
I am not big on subsidies, but the services ARE essential.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo |
Tell that to the people in Hawaii! Or how about Juneau, the only state capital with a moat!
All over Alaska are communities, industries, and military installations that are hundreds of miles from any roads even within the state! Driving 3300
miles down through Canada to where I stay in northern CA was fun, but it is beyond many folks budgets or time frame.
I am not big on subsidies, but the services ARE essential. |
Here is an idea: People that choose to live in the boonies could deal with it or move closer to the city.
Perhaps the subsidies (like 'bridge to nowhere') could be better spent on infrastructure used by larger populations.
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As NOTED- It's a Matter of CHOICE
Which should NOT be subsidized by the Taxpayers.
Period.
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Geez
How can a simple post of a link turn into such a mess?
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I apologize for my part in that hijack, it was a distraction from the reason stated for discontinuing some routes......a pilot shortage!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Special K strikes again
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