KEARNEY — A second bid process brought more options for air service at the Kearney Regional Airport.
Four airlines have submitted bids to provide service at the Kearney, North Platte and Scottsbluff airports. Kearney received notice of the bids today (Wednesday), City Manager Mike Morgan said.
The airlines that submitted bids are Great Lakes Airlines, the current air service provider for Kearney, Boutique Air, Aerodynamics Inc. and Via Air, Morgan said.
Each airline proposed a different level of service, but all would fly to Denver, Morgan said. Boutique Air’s proposal also included the option to fly to a different location.
Aerodynamics and Via Air would fly the largest capacity, with 50-passenger and 30-passenger service proposed, respectively. Boutique Air proposed nine-passenger planes, and Morgan said the Great Lakes bid is “very similar” to its first bid, which also proposed nine-passenger service.
The city now has until Nov. 7 to review the bids and make a recommendation to the Department of Transportation, which has the final say in awarding a contract.
Mayor Stan Clouse will also form a citizens committee to review the proposals. The committee will include business professionals, community leaders and members of the city’s Air Transportation Committee, Morgan said.
The city and the citizens committee will consider a number of factors in their evaluation, including the airlines’ customer service record, routes, type of aircraft, fares, frequency of flights and connections with other airlines.
Morgan said that it’s too soon to tell which bid looks the most promising, but that the city would begin the review process immediately.
“It’s too early to tell what these bids reflect, but it’s certainly nice to get these four options for the community to evaluate,” he said. “The bottom line today is, we got four bids.”
- Source: http://www.kearneyhub.com
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