Passenger air service is
returning to Fort Dodge after a long absence. The U.S. Department of
Transportation is announcing the selection of St. Louis-based Air Choice
One to service the north central Iowa city. Rhonda Chambers, director
of the Fort Dodge Regional Airport, says she expects the service to take
off within the next 60 to 90 days using a single-engine turbo-prop
aircraft.
“It’s a small airplane that takes nine passengers but
everyone gets a first class experience,” Chambers says. “They’ve decided
that they’re going to provide exceptional, high quality air travel to
each and every passenger which means every seat in there is like a first
class seat.”
Great Lakes Airlines ended commuter flights to Fort
Dodge and Mason City in January. Chambers says the new airline, Air
Choice One, is not new to Iowa’s skies. “Mason City selected them,
they’re having Air Choice One flying them to Chicago,” Chambers says.
“Burlington uses Air Choice One down to St. Louis, so Air Choice One has
gradually gotten more and more cities.”
The flights will be
direct from Fort Dodge to St. Louis and Chambers is hopeful that flights
from Fort Dodge to Chicago could be added in the future.
- Source: http://www.radioiowa.com
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