Bad news for Humboldt’s hungry jet set: Silver Lining, the restaurant located upstairs in the Eureka-Arcata airport, has closed. Aviation Division Program Manager Emily Jacobs said when she arrived at work yesterday morning, the restaurant hadn’t opened its doors. The owners told Jacobs they simply couldn’t make it work anymore. It’s another ding for the […]
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Humboldt Goes Airline Courting … Again
Good news for locals who travel in the sky (or whose friends/family/customers do): A group of area businesses, tribes, governments and nonprofits has cobbled together $250,000, which will be added to the $750,000 federal grant we got in September to reach the cool million dollars required to attract a new airline carrier to our foggy, […]
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It’s a bird…It’s a plane…It’s SuperFederalGrant!
The following news post is by North Coast Journal intern Scottie Lee Meyers: It was welcome news when the Arcata-Eureka Airport received a $750,000 federal grant last month to help bring a new eastbound route to the area. The airport has seen turbulent times in the past couple of years – airlines have left, ticket […]
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American Airlines Deal Falls Through
It has been on the ropes over the past week, but now the deal to start twice-daily service between the Arcata-Eureka Airport and Los Angeles International in June has been officially and indefinitely postponed. American Airlines subsidiary American Eagle announced March 23 that a deal had been struck, but the announcement proved to be premature. […]
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Here Comes American Airlines
A deal has been struck. American Eagle, a subsidiary of American Airlines, will start direct flights between the Arcata-Eureka Airport and Los Angeles International Airport on June 14. The company is expected to formally announce the deal via press release on Monday. Details remain sketchy. County staff has been working furiously with the Redwood Region […]
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Competition Dreamin’
Wow. June? We might bust outta the one-airline airlock as early as June? That’s the word from Jacqueline Debets, Humboldt County economic development director, who says yesterday’s special Headwaters Fund board meeting was held in a rush to speed up negotiations for a fiscal guarantee. “American Airlines is saying, ‘Can you do this now?’ They […]
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Arcata Exchange Co-owner, Young Son Die in Plane Crash
Longtime Arcata resident Keith Newcomer, the original owner of plaza furniture store Arcata Exchange, was apparently the victim of a plane crash Saturday evening in northern Georgia, where he was visiting his son Christopher. The boy, who is believed to be around seven years old, has also been tentatively identified as a victim of the […]
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Airport Blues on JPR
An invite from the ACV Airport Blues Facebook Group: Jefferson Exchange Radio Interview With Dax Williamson and Bill Davidson Thursday, October 7 · 8-9 a.m. http://ijpr.org/onlineaudio2.asp?SectionID=1012&programId=11 Eureka Airport Issues: Runway construction and equipment upgrades, coupled with the ubiquitous Humboldt County fog, hamstrung flight operations in the past months at the Arcata/Eureka Airport. When disgruntled passengers, […]
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County Takes Measures to Reduce Airport Woes
A month after a long-planned airport construction project began — a project that has inconvenienced countless local travelers whose flights have been delayed, redirected or canceled outright — backup measures have finally been provided. County Supervisor Mark Lovelace yesterday evening sent an e-mail to concerned community members updating them on measures being taken by county […]
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Anger Grows Over Airport Woes
Delays and cancellations at the Arcata-Eureka Airport (ACV) have caused a community uproar in recent weeks as construction work has taken a key piece of navigation equipment offline. This interruption of service to the airport’s instrument landing system (ILS), which helps incoming pilots navigate in low-visibility conditions, has long been foreseen, but angry travelers, armed […]
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Grounded: One Less Flight from ACV
Humboldt County’s outgoing flight destinations continue to dwindle. After Aug. 22, Horizon Air will no longer offer its daily flights from the Arcata-Eureka Airport (ACV) to Seattle via Redding, according to a press release issued today. This news comes barely four months after Delta Air Lines abandoned ACV entirely, eliminating Denver as a direct-flight option […]
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Delta Bails
Delta Airlines is giving up on the Arcata-Eureka airport. A press release from the Humboldt County Department of Public Works this afternoon announced the bad news. The Atlanta-based carrier started twice-daily regional service from here to Salt Lake City, Utah, just 15 months ago. They were enticed here via a concerted effort from the Redwood […]