No news on Ireland, one note on Ryan talks

November 6th, 2007 at 05:48pm Thomas V. Bona

Still no update on Kenny Tours’ efforts to start charter service from Rockford to Shannon, Ireland. Rockford airport Executive Director Bob O’Brien said Kenny continues to work on securing a deal with an airline to fly the route, and O’Brien will try to check in with the tour company Wednesday.

Meanwhile, we’re talking to customers of Rockford-based charter company Ryan International Airlines about how they’re monitoring contract talks between the airline and its pilots. Specifically, we’re asking how they’ll prepare for the possibility for a pilots strike.

So far, we’ve heard back from Funjet Vacations, which charters Ryan planes for some of its trips. President Ray Snisky said:

“Funjet Vacations is continually communicating with executives from Ryan International and is hopeful that this dispute will be resolved amicably. As we have for more than 30 years, Funjet Vacations will work to ensure that no customer’s vacation experience is interrupted and their vacations are delivered as expected.”

We also have calls in to the U.S. Department of Defense and Bolivian airline AeroSur.

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