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Airport cuts connection
Shelby Higginbotham
Issue date: 11/15/07 Section: News
Flight cancellations might force students to find an alternate way home.
The last flight from the Kirksville Regional Airport to Chicago left Nov. 9. Airport director David Hall said the airport has offered flights since late spring of this year and that the decision to cancel flights to Chicago was not the airport's decision.
"It's kind of a big mess," Hall said.
Hall said the reason flights to Chicago have been cancelled is that the airline service that provided the connecting flight from Quincy, Ill., to Chicago recently ended.
"The service of Chicago flights never really got off the ground," Hall said. "Maybe 10 people were actually using the Chicago flights."
Hall said that even though there wasn't a lot of participation in the flight service, the airport has received calls of complaint from people who had tickets and were not notified that their flights were canceled.
"Overall, I don't think the loss of service to Chicago is going to be a huge issue just because it wasn't really put to use," Hall said. "[Kirksville Regional Airport] will still continue to offer our usual flights to Kansas City."
Sophomore Amanda Housewright said she thinks the cancellation of Chicago flights will be troublesome for students.
"It's silly," Housewright said. "How are people going to get home?"
Housewright said she thinks the cancellation is going to make students from Chicago feel hassled to try to find a way home for holidays and school breaks.
"The airport should offer flights to St. Louis because a ton of students at Truman are from there," Housewright said. "Why are flights to Kansas City offered?"
Housewright said she thinks the airport should also offer flights to large cities in surrounding states because there are many students whose homes are out of state.
Freshman Kevin Cowling said flights should continue going to Chicago.
"The percentage of students that I know actually from Kansas City don't even use the airport to get home," Cowling said. He said the airport needs to offer more flight services to students than those available.
The last flight from the Kirksville Regional Airport to Chicago left Nov. 9. Airport director David Hall said the airport has offered flights since late spring of this year and that the decision to cancel flights to Chicago was not the airport's decision.
"It's kind of a big mess," Hall said.
Hall said the reason flights to Chicago have been cancelled is that the airline service that provided the connecting flight from Quincy, Ill., to Chicago recently ended.
"The service of Chicago flights never really got off the ground," Hall said. "Maybe 10 people were actually using the Chicago flights."
Hall said that even though there wasn't a lot of participation in the flight service, the airport has received calls of complaint from people who had tickets and were not notified that their flights were canceled.
"Overall, I don't think the loss of service to Chicago is going to be a huge issue just because it wasn't really put to use," Hall said. "[Kirksville Regional Airport] will still continue to offer our usual flights to Kansas City."
Sophomore Amanda Housewright said she thinks the cancellation of Chicago flights will be troublesome for students.
"It's silly," Housewright said. "How are people going to get home?"
Housewright said she thinks the cancellation is going to make students from Chicago feel hassled to try to find a way home for holidays and school breaks.
"The airport should offer flights to St. Louis because a ton of students at Truman are from there," Housewright said. "Why are flights to Kansas City offered?"
Housewright said she thinks the airport should also offer flights to large cities in surrounding states because there are many students whose homes are out of state.
Freshman Kevin Cowling said flights should continue going to Chicago.
"The percentage of students that I know actually from Kansas City don't even use the airport to get home," Cowling said. He said the airport needs to offer more flight services to students than those available.
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