Passenger counts taking off at airports in SLO, Santa Barbara
Tri-county travel is trending upward as the region’s top two airports reported strong passenger counts for the first quarter of the calendar year. Passenger traffic grew nearly 20 percent for the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, which anticipates a return to pre-recession levels by the end of year, and 15 percent for the San Luis Obispo Read More →
Merger talks leave Santa Maria employer Zodiac in limbo
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Dubroff: More routes, bigger planes help tri-county airports take off
Just 18 months ago, the future looked grim for the region’s airports. Pilot shortages and a switch by regional carriers from prop jet to all-jet fleets meant cutbacks and consolidation up and down the coast. Business travelers from airports in Burbank, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo were facing fewer options and higher Read More →
Dubroff: Airline industry consolidation hampers tri-county airports
Pilots. Planes. Power. These are the three P’s of modern aviation and they explain in large part why the Central Coast is likely to struggle to get improved air service, particularly for business travelers looking for more frequent flights to major destinations. That’s not just me talking. In remarks in New York at a Read More →
From Russia, with water: Firm seeks to import fire-fighting tanker plane
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