Prescott LIVING Magazine
No Result
View All Result
Prescott LIVING Magazine - Click for Current Issue
  • Inside
    • Voices
    • Special Sections
      • 40 Under 40
      • Annual Photo Contest
        • People’s Choice Photo Winners
      • Best of Greater Prescott
      • Everyone Can Be a Hero
      • Holiday
      • Medical, Health & Wellness
      • Men of Vision
      • New Year, New You
      • Relocation
      • Wealth Management
      • Weddings & Events
      • Women in Leadership
    • Up Front
      • City Speak
    • BIZ
    • YOU
      • Out & About
      • Beauty & Style
      • Health, Happiness & Education
      • Education
      • Pets
      • Home
        • Home & Garden
    • FUN
      • Arts & Culture
      • Outdoor Adventure
      • Restaurants
        • Pizza
      • Travel & Tourism
    • The ROX Interview
    • Prescott Pioneer Local News
    • Q & A
  • Current Issue
  • Community Calendar
  • Past Issues
  • Subscribe
    • eNewsletter & Digital Edition Subscription
  • Inside
    • Voices
    • Special Sections
      • 40 Under 40
      • Annual Photo Contest
        • People’s Choice Photo Winners
      • Best of Greater Prescott
      • Everyone Can Be a Hero
      • Holiday
      • Medical, Health & Wellness
      • Men of Vision
      • New Year, New You
      • Relocation
      • Wealth Management
      • Weddings & Events
      • Women in Leadership
    • Up Front
      • City Speak
    • BIZ
    • YOU
      • Out & About
      • Beauty & Style
      • Health, Happiness & Education
      • Education
      • Pets
      • Home
        • Home & Garden
    • FUN
      • Arts & Culture
      • Outdoor Adventure
      • Restaurants
        • Pizza
      • Travel & Tourism
    • The ROX Interview
    • Prescott Pioneer Local News
    • Q & A
  • Current Issue
  • Community Calendar
  • Past Issues
  • Subscribe
    • eNewsletter & Digital Edition Subscription
No Result
View All Result
Prescott LIVING Magazine
Prescott LIVING Magazine - Click for Current Issue
Home Prescott Pioneer News

Prescott Airport Gets New Airline Service

August 2, 2018
325
SHARES
2.5k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Pleased with Prescott City Council approval of the motion that SkyWest Airline be recommended to provide Essential Air Service to Prescott Municipal Airport, (from left) ERAU Chancellor Frank Ayers, Prescott Airport Director Robin Sobotta, Assistant Airport Director Jessi Baker and Prescott Mayor Greg Mengarelli posed before the tally board that just moments before had shown unanimous city council approval of the motion.

United Express (SkyWest) Airlines will begin service out of the Prescott Municipal Airport in the fall.

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation issued the order July 16, stating that “SkyWest Airlines, Inc., operating as United Express (SkyWest) … will provide Prescott with 12 weekly round trips to Denver International Airport (DEN) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).”

City council members voted unanimously July 3 to accept the recommendation of the Prescott Airport Advisory Committee and the Prescott Airport Director Robin Sobotta and her staff that SkyWest be asked to provide commercial air service to Central and Northern Arizona passengers. The service will see 50-passenger regional jet service to Denver and Los Angeles.

In a press release from the City of Prescott, the mayors of both Prescott and Prescott Valley praised the selection of SkyWest as a new carrier for Essential Air Service (EAS).

The area has been without commercial air service since March 26, when Great Lakes Airlines unexpectedly canceled service at the local airport.

Prescott Mayor Greg Mengarelli said, “SkyWest will provide our citizens and our entire region with a reliable, comfortable and convenient way to fly anywhere in the world from Prescott Municipal Airport.”

Prescott Valley Mayor Harvey Skoog echoed Mengarelli. “Our leadership wholeheartedly supports the selection of SkyWest Airlines. It has a solid reputation of providing reliable air service to communities across the country. I am certain it will support the needs of the entire region.”

Selection of SkyWest as the preferred carrier followed a 30-minute analytical PowerPoint presentation by Sobotta. She presented specific details from seven commercial carriers that had applied to provide EAS to the area.

Those proposals came from Advanced Air, ADI/California Pacific Airlines, Boutique Air, Key Lime Air, Mokulele Airlines, Silver Airways and SkyWest. Only three proposals would have provided service with jet aircraft.

In her analysis, Sobotta included specific details such as

  • size of aircraft (which ranged from nine-passenger propeller-driven planes to 50-passenger jet aircraft).
  • frequency of flights.
  • types and kinds of reservation systems.
  • code-sharing capability (ticketing relationships with major carriers).

She then summarized what she viewed as strengths and weaknesses for each proposal.

At one point, it was speculated that airfare from Prescott to either of the two destinations could be as low as $87. It also was noted that a recent study of passenger preferences for desired destinations cited the two which SkyWest would fly to — No. 1 being Denver; and No. 2 being Los Angeles.

A potential critical future factor would be the number of annual enplanements — boarding of individual passengers. If fewer than 10,000 people annually are emplaned, the federal subsidy is $150,000. However, if more than 10,000 board, the subsidy jumps to $1 million annually.

Several council members said they easily could envision more than 10,000 persons annually flying from the municipal airport (also known as Ernest A. Love Field). They noted that not having to fight traffic, parking and terminal congestion at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix would appeal to people from throughout Central and Northern Arizona.

Sobotta initially presented her analysis to the Airport Advisory Committee. It accepted her report and members unanimously recommended the SkyWest proposal be forwarded to the city council. Sobotta then repeated her presentation before the city council in a public session with several community members present.

It was noted during both presentations that Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently signed a multi-year partnership to provide aviation and aeronautical support to SkyWest. Audience member ERAU Chancellor Frank Ayers affirmed that he earlier had met with executives from SkyWest to complete the complex agreement.

SkyWest is based in St. George, Utah. The airline has more than 13,000 aviation professionals who operate more than 2,400 daily flights that help connect passengers to 245 destinations across North America. It has a fleet of 443 aircraft.

Previous Post

Governor Pleased with Arizona Economy

Next Post

Out and About: August 2018

Next Post

Out and About: August 2018

Join our Newsletter

Prescott LIVING eNewsletter Subscription

No Result
View All Result
Cover for Prescott Living Magazine
11,553
Prescott Living Magazine

Prescott Living Magazine

Come & enjoy the local scene in Prescott Arizona!

Prescott Living Magazine

1 day ago

Prescott Living Magazine
OUT & ABOUT — Thank you to Janet Cameron, Karen Shaw, and Janet Ash for submitting these creative photos! Reader photos are published in every issue of Prescott LIVING - send in your best shots taken in the Greater Prescott area to photos@roxco.com. Selected photos will appear in print and will be posted to our social media channels. #prescott #prescottvalley #chinovalleyaz #deweyhumboldt ... See MoreSee Less

Photo

View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

Prescott Living Magazine

1 day ago

Prescott Living Magazine
Tickets are available at www.ycpac.com for the Kathy Mattea & Suzy Bogguss concert, which is coming up on March 2 at the Yavapai College Performing Arts Center. If you're not familiar with their musical careers, here's some background from YCPAC. . . .COUNTRY STARS COMBINE HIT SONGS AND CHEMISTRYPrescott, Arizona (2/2/2023) – Two stars, no waiting. When longtime friends and Country music artists combine their impressive set lists and their love of live performance, everybody in the audience wins. Yavapai College Performing Arts Center invites you to join Country music hitmakers Kathy Mattea & Suzy Bogguss for a rousing and memorable ‘Together at Last’ performance, Thursday night, March 2 at 7 p.m. Two country music legends, with three Grammy awards between them, bring their prodigious talents, their solo hits, and their on-stage chemistry to the stage in ‘Together at Last.’ Friends since their early days in Nashville, Kathy Mattea and Suzy Bogguss have each carved out careers in popular music with country chart hits spanning two decades. Kathy has had more than 30 singles in Billboard Magazine’s Hot Country Songs Charts, including “Goin’ Gone,” “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses,” and “Come From the Heart.” She won Grammy Awards for her 1990 single “Where’ve You Been?” and her 1993 Christmas Album Good News. Bogguss found stardom with her platinum-selling album Aces, which featured four hit singles: the title track, “Someday Soon,” “Outbound Plane,” and “Letting Go.” She won the Academy of Country Music’s Top New Female Singer award in 1989 and the Country Music Association’s Horizon Award in 1992. Their busy solo careers allowed Kathy and Suzy few opportunities to collaborate musically, although they did perform a Grammy-nominated cover of “Teach Your Children” back in 1994. Their fans have clamored for a joint tour like this for years. And now, sporting new material developed for the tour, armed with two careers worth of stories and more hits than they can fit, Kathy Mattea and Suzy Bogguss are together at last.Tickets for Kathy Mattea and Suzy Bogguss start at $32. Yavapai College Performing Arts Center is located at 1100 E. Sheldon Street, in Prescott. The YCPAC Ticket Office is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.; and Thursdays and Fridays, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. For reservations or more information, please call: (928) 776.2000 or visit us online at: www.ycpac.com.. . .Be sure to pick up a free copy of Prescott NOW to see what's happening this month, or visit prescott-now.com/events for the online events calendar. ... See MoreSee Less

Photo

View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

It’s About LOCAL – ADVERTISE WITH US

© 2022 ROX Media •  Privacy Policy
info@roxco.com • 130 N. Granite St. • Prescott, AZ 86301 • 928.350.8006
CORPORATE OFFICE: 1919 N. Trekell Rd.,  Suite C •  Casa Grande, AZ 85122

No Result
View All Result
  • Inside
    • Voices
    • Special Sections
      • 40 Under 40
      • Annual Photo Contest
      • Best of Greater Prescott
      • Everyone Can Be a Hero
      • Holiday
      • Medical, Health & Wellness
      • Men of Vision
      • New Year, New You
      • Relocation
      • Wealth Management
      • Weddings & Events
      • Women in Leadership
    • Up Front
      • City Speak
    • BIZ
    • YOU
      • Out & About
      • Beauty & Style
      • Health, Happiness & Education
      • Education
      • Pets
      • Home
    • FUN
      • Arts & Culture
      • Outdoor Adventure
      • Restaurants
      • Travel & Tourism
    • The ROX Interview
    • Prescott Pioneer Local News
    • Q & A
  • Current Issue
  • Community Calendar
  • Past Issues
  • Subscribe
    • eNewsletter & Digital Edition Subscription

© 2022 ROX Media