Some loose ends

November 2nd, 2007 at 09:40pm Thomas V. Bona

It’s been a busy first week atBusinessRockford.com. But amid all the news, here is an update on some items we haven’t gotten to in a few days:

1. No word yet on Kenny Tours’ efforts to start Rockford-Ireland flights. I hope to have an update for you early next week. An official from Kenny Tours said he should know around know whether the company has an airline lined up to fly the route for them.

2. No word on how the weeklong negotiating session went between Ryan International Airlines and its pilots. I’ll be checking in next week as well. The earliest a strike could be is 30 days from whenever negotiations officially end. Ryan is a big operator out of Rockford, and it’ll be interesting to see if this gets to a work stoppage.

3. Gas prices are still high, and it’s pretty unusual for them to go up like this in November. I’ll talk to some industry experts next week and find out what the forecast for the winter is going to be.

Have any story ideas or questions about the transportation beat? Post them here or email me at tbona@rrstar.com.

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