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Airport finishing runway, equipment improvements Manager says facility received ringing endorsement from feds Work is continuing to improve operations at the Havre City-County Airport, with a nearly $1 million runway project almost completed and new snow removal equipment en route. "The runway opening should be today," said Jim Lyons, manager of the airport. Lyons said the airport's north-south runway was in need of resurfacing, and the Knife River construction company of Kalispell was finishing up striping and electrical...
I have just completed a holiday trip to visit my daughter and her family in Atlanta, Ga. On my previous trips there, I usually took the Northwest (now Delta) flight from Great Falls and changed aircraft in Minneapolis. Despite a one-month advance in looking for tickets, there were no seats available for my choice of departure dates on this flight. So, I decided to investigate flying out of Havre on Great Lakes Airlines. I am writing to tell the Hi-Line community that I had a wonderful experience flying Great Lakes from Havre...
A brief history of Great Lakes Airlines • April 15, 1977 — Spirit Lakes Airways founded in Spirit Lakes, Iowa. • 1979 — The airline changes its name to Great Lakes Aviation to reflect its expansion to the Great Lakes region of northwest Iowa. • August 1985 — Airline acquires its first landing slot at Chicago's O'Hare Airport; in October it began its first federally subsidized Essential Air Service flights. • June 1991 — Began first scheduled flights to Denver's Stapleton Airport. • 1998 — Selected by United Airlines to...
Great Lakes proposes Denver connection Loss of Billings flight concern to some John Kelleher The airline providing passenger flights to and from Havre is investigating a major change in its destination — connecting Havre directly to Denver instead of flying to the Billings airport. "They feel there is a growth market here," Havre City-County Airport Manager Jim Lyons said. Lyons, the members of the Hill County Commission and Tim Solomon, the Havre mayor and former interim airport manager, said their main goal now is to find o...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The Havre City-County Airport has met Federal Aviation Administration requirements and will continue to offer passenger air service for now. But the airport board agreed during a special session Thursday that a permanent solution has to be found. “We'll have to put on our thinking caps,” said board Chair Bob Breum. The airport board received a letter from the FAA earlier this year listing several items in which the facility was not in com...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The Havre City-County Airport has met Federal Aviation Administration requirements and will continue to offer passenger air service for now. But the airport board agreed during a special session Thursday that a permanent solution has to be found. “We'll have to put on our thinking caps,” said board Chair Bob Breum. The airport board received a letter from the FAA earlier this year listing several items in which the facility was not in com...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The Havre City-County Airport has met Federal Aviation Administration requirements and will continue to offer passenger air service for now. But the airport board agreed during a special session Thursday that a permanent solution has to be found. “We'll have to put on our thinking caps,” said board Chair Bob Breum. The airport board received a letter from the FAA earlier this year listing several items in which the facility was not in com...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The Havre City-County Airport board Thursday will look at what can be done to keep passenger flights serving the area. “We're starting at 2 (p.m.) and working on the plan to see how we work our way through this,” Hill County Commissioner Kathy Bessette, a member of the airport board, said this morning. The meeting will be held at the airport offices just west of Havre. The issue is regulations requiring that more be done at the airport as a loc...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The Havre City-County Airport board Thursday will look at what can be done to keep passenger flights serving the area. “We're starting at 2 (p.m.) and working on the plan to see how we work our way through this,” Hill County Commissioner Kathy Bessette, a member of the airport board, said this morning. The meeting will be held at the airport offices just west of Havre. The issue is regulations requiring that more be done at the airport as a loc...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The Havre City-County Airport board Thursday will look at what can be done to keep passenger flights serving the area. “We're starting at 2 (p.m.) and working on the plan to see how we work our way through this,” Hill County Commissioner Kathy Bessette, a member of the airport board, said this morning. The meeting will be held at the airport offices just west of Havre. The issue is regulations requiring that more be done at the airport as a loc...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The local airport board is holding a public meeting early Thursday to look for ideas on how to meet federal requirements. Failure to do so could could result in losing local airline service. “It could mean we wouldn't have an airline, and if we lose it, it would never come back,” Bob Breum, Havre City-County Airport board chair, said Monday. A meeting will begin at Havre City Hall at 7 a.m. Thursday to try to find ways to meet the requirements. “Ho...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The local airport board is holding a public meeting early Thursday to look for ideas on how to meet federal requirements. Failure to do so could could result in losing local airline service. “It could mean we wouldn't have an airline, and if we lose it, it would never come back,” Bob Breum, Havre City-County Airport board chair, said Monday. A meeting will begin at Havre City Hall at 7 a.m. Thursday to try to find ways to meet the requirements. “Ho...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The local airport board is holding a public meeting early Thursday to look for ideas on how to meet federal requirements. Failure to do so could could result in losing local airline service. “It could mean we wouldn't have an airline, and if we lose it, it would never come back,” Bob Breum, Havre City-County Airport board chair, said Monday. A meeting will begin at Havre City Hall at 7 a.m. Thursday to try to find ways to meet the requirements. “Ho...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The director of sales and marketing for Great Lakes Airlines said essential air service is continuing in Montana, although some flights have been canceled since the service resumed Feb. 1 due to a lack of passengers. “We need people to start using the service, we need it, we need it, we need it,” Monica Taylor of Great Lakes, based in Cheyenne, Wyo., said this morning “Not just Great Lakes but you, the community.” Taylor said 13 round-trip flights...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The director of sales and marketing for Great Lakes Airlines said essential air service is continuing in Montana, although some flights have been canceled since the service resumed Feb. 1 due to a lack of passengers. “We need people to start using the service, we need it, we need it, we need it,” Monica Taylor of Great Lakes, based in Cheyenne, Wyo., said this morning “Not just Great Lakes but you, the community.” Taylor said 13 round-trip flights...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The director of sales and marketing for Great Lakes Airlines said essential air service is continuing in Montana, although some flights have been canceled since the service resumed Feb. 1 due to a lack of passengers. “We need people to start using the service, we need it, we need it, we need it,” Monica Taylor of Great Lakes, based in Cheyenne, Wyo., said this morning “Not just Great Lakes but you, the community.” Taylor said 13 round-trip flights...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com Residents in Havre and three other eastern Montana communities will soon be able to book flights directly to Billings once again as Great Lakes Airlines (formerly Great Lakes Aviation) resumes Essential Air Service in those towns. "This is great news!" Said Deb Vandeberg, executive director of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce." The commercial air service interruption our community has experienced with the loss of Big Sky Airlines has had a negativ...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com Residents in Havre and three other eastern Montana communities will soon be able to book flights directly to Billings once again as Great Lakes Airlines (formerly Great Lakes Aviation) resumes Essential Air Service in those towns. "This is great news!" Said Deb Vandeberg, executive director of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce." The commercial air service interruption our community has experienced with the loss of Big Sky Airlines has had a negativ...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com Residents in Havre and three other eastern Montana communities will soon be able to book flights directly to Billings once again as Great Lakes Airlines (formerly Great Lakes Aviation) resumes Essential Air Service in those towns. "This is great news!" Said Deb Vandeberg, executive director of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce." The commercial air service interruption our community has experienced with the loss of Big Sky Airlines has had a negativ...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com Residents in Havre and three other eastern Montana communities will soon be able to book flights directly to Billings once again as Great Lakes Airlines (formerly Great Lakes Aviation) resumes Essential Air Service in those towns. "This is great news!" Said Deb Vandeberg, executive director of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce." The commercial air service interruption our community has experienced with the loss of Big Sky Airlines has had a negativ...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com Residents in Havre and three other eastern Montana communities will soon be able to book flights directly to Billings once again as Great Lakes Airlines (formerly Great Lakes Aviation) resumes Essential Air Service in those towns. "This is great news!" Said Deb Vandeberg, executive director of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce." The commercial air service interruption our community has experienced with the loss of Big Sky Airlines has had a negativ...
Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com Residents in Havre and three other eastern Montana communities will soon be able to book flights directly to Billings once again as Great Lakes Airlines (formerly Great Lakes Aviation) resumes Essential Air Service in those towns. "This is great news!" Said Deb Vandeberg, executive director of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce." The commercial air service interruption our community has experienced with the loss of Big Sky Airlines has had a negativ...
BILLINGS Essential Air Service flights have resumed at Sidney and Lewistown, about six months after they and four other cities lost EAS service when Big Sky Airlines stopped flying. Great Lakes Aviation made its first EAS flights from Sidney and Lewistown to Denver on Wednesday. Great Lakes Chief Executive Chuck Howell says Miles City will get air service to Denver next, but a date has not been set. Howell says the Cheyenne, Wyo.-based airline plans to restore EAS to Havre, Glasgow, Wolf Point and Plentywood when it can...
BILLINGS Essential Air Service flights have resumed at Sidney and Lewistown, about six months after they and four other cities lost EAS service when Big Sky Airlines stopped flying. Great Lakes Aviation made its first EAS flights from Sidney and Lewistown to Denver on Wednesday. Great Lakes Chief Executive Chuck Howell says Miles City will get air service to Denver next, but a date has not been set. Howell says the Cheyenne, Wyo.-based airline plans to restore EAS to Havre, Glasgow, Wolf Point and Plentywood when it can...
BILLINGS Essential Air Service flights have resumed at Sidney and Lewistown, about six months after they and four other cities lost EAS service when Big Sky Airlines stopped flying. Great Lakes Aviation made its first EAS flights from Sidney and Lewistown to Denver on Wednesday. Great Lakes Chief Executive Chuck Howell says Miles City will get air service to Denver next, but a date has not been set. Howell says the Cheyenne, Wyo.-based airline plans to restore EAS to Havre, Glasgow, Wolf Point and Plentywood when it can...
