Humboldt County will soon have a new airline route. The Redwood Region Economic Development Commission and the county announced this afternoon that United Airlines will begin nonstop service from Humboldt County to Denver International Airport beginning in June of next year. The nonstop 50-seat flights will depart the airport in McKinleyville daily at 6:30 a.m., […]
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Direct Flight from HumCo to LA Coming in June
Humboldt County residents with the yen to leave the Redwood Curtain will have a new option beginning June 7, with United Airlines and the Redwood Region Economic Development Commission announcing this morning that the airline will add a new direct flight to Los Angeles. “A direct flight to Southern California has been a top priority […]
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UPDATE: PenAir Dropping Humboldt Route, Effective Monday
UPDATE: Just a few days after word came that PenAir was pulling out of Humboldt, the airline announced today that the company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is looking to end its Crescent City flights. Humboldt County will be back down to one airline option at the end of the day while […]
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United Changes Schedule, Drops a Flight
United Airlines is dropping one of its daily flights between Arcata-Eureka and San Francisco but is switching to a larger plane for the route and will still be able to accommodate the same number of daily passengers. Jonathon Guerin, a senior manager for United Airlines, said the reason for reducing the number of flights is […]
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PenAir Scales Back But Remains Confident in Portland Route
PenAir recently reduced the number of daily flights from the Arcata-Eureka Airport to Portland from three flights to two, but insists the change isn’t related to passenger interest in the route. Missy Roberts, the company’s vice president of sales and marketing, said the changes will affect everyone looking to fly with PenAir. She said the […]
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Inside the Portland Flights Deal
Humboldt County has a kinship with Portland, what with our shared interests in food, drink, marijuana, arts, neo-lumber fashion and keepin’ it weird. So PenAir’s announcement that it would be offering service from the Redwood Coast Airport (nee the Arcata-Eureka Airport) was met with palpable excitement. Portland is a hip alternative to San Francisco for […]
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Airport Updater: Loans, Z rejection, Portland, and a bigger jet
The county’s Aviation Division is likely to receive some temporary financial relief in the form of an intra-county loan, should the division’s dwindling trust funds be unable to support an ongoing structural deficit. As the Journal reported in March, the division was facing a fiscal year-end deficit of more than $800,000. The aviation enterprise fund […]