Rockford vs. Gary. It is on!

March 5th, 2008 at 02:48pm Thomas V. Bona

Remember last month, when RFD Executive Director Bob O’Brien was wooing airlines in Mexico?

So was Gary/Chicago International Airport.

“We met with several air carriers,” (Gary airport director Chris) Curry said, “and there was one in particular that indicated an interest in serving the Chicago market because of the huge Hispanic and Latino population that we have here.”
Curry wouldn’t name the airline, but he said it wants to avoid Chicago’s two major airports.
“It’s clearly a competition, I believe, between us and Rockford (International Airport),” Curry said.

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