Myrtle Beach still a possibility

November 14th, 2007 at 10:47am Thomas V. Bona

Spoke with Judy Tull, CEO of Myrtle Beach Direct Air, this morning about the possibility of flights from Rockford to Myrtle Beach. While the airline was hoping for a federal grant to fund the service, which it didn’t get, Tull said it’s still possible there could be flights as early as next March. It depends on whether the carrier can fit the route in its schedule with the airplanes it has now - the airline recently announced service out of Columbus, Ohio, to go with its service through Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY; Newark, NJ; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Pittsburgh, Penn.; and Gulfport, Miss. Given the tenuousness of such service “possibilities” (Remember Festival Airlines?) I wouldn’t make plans but would remain hopeful that Myrtle Beach service would return to Rockford sometime.

Speaking of “possibilities”, I’m still checking on Kenny Tours’s hope to start service between Rockford and Shannon, Ireland. I just learned from the U.S. Department of Transportation that the route hasn’t yet gotten DOT approval, but the process is pretty quick. It’s likely that Kenny is still trying to seal a deal with an airline to operate the flights. Hopefully we’ll have more later today at BusinessRockford.com.

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