CODY - Billing's loss is Cody's gain. The Billings Logan Airport will close on six weekends this summer. Cody's Yellowstone Regional Airport convinced Skywest to bring in more flights to Cody on those weekends.
The airport will have more flights then than it ever has.
Every summer, Yellowstone Regional Airport gets more flights from Denver and Salt Lake City. They serve the tourists who come to Yellowstone’s eastern gateway community. Next summer, in addition to the yearly increase, YRA will get even more flights.
YRA Airport Manager Bob Hooper said, "This summer the Billings Airport is going to be closed for six weekends starting July 12th for runway construction.”
The Cody Yellowstone Air Improvement Resources Board, a support group, saw an opportunity and asked United and Skywest to bring more flights to Cody.
Hooper said, “We were successful in getting an additional service to Salt Lake City provided by Skywest Airlines during those six weekends.”
Hertz Cody Manager Bradley Williams said, “Probably the busiest this airport’s going to be, probably the busiest we’re going to be, uh, we’re going to have to bring in some extra cars. I think every car rental here’s business is going to have to bring in extra cars for that.”
It will be the most air service Cody’s ever had. And, it’s not just benefiting the rental car companies.
Hooper explained, “Hotels, restaurants, the gift shops up and down Main Street, the museum.”
And, of course, the people who live in Northwest Wyoming, who may want more opportunities to fly out of YRA will benefit, too.
The extra flights will be on the weekends from July 14th to August 18th.
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