Aeronautics Committee
March 6, 2025 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The City of Quincy continues to wait for an answer from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to confirm that Contour Airlines of Smyrna, Tenn., will be the essential air service (EAS) provider for Quincy Regional Airport for the next four years. The Quincy City Council voted on Jan. 21 to have Mayor…
Read Full Article December 5, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Six air carriers have filed proposals with the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide essential air service (EAS) at Quincy Regional Airport, with all offering service to O’Hare International Airport in Chicago and three offering jet service. The proposals were made public Wednesday, and the Aeronautics Committee discussed them briefly during its late…
Read Full Article August 27, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Changes in leadership at Quincy Regional Airport will take place next week, and changes involving the airline fulfilling Quincy’s Essential Air Service (EAS) contract could also be coming soon. Interim airport director Tairu (Tai) Zong told the Quincy City Council during Monday’s meeting — the first at City Hall in 13 weeks because…
Read Full Article June 6, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The number of passengers flying out of Quincy Regional Airport isn’t growing, but the frustration with Southern Airways Express is. Members of the Aeronautics Committee met Wednesday afternoon to discuss issues with the low number of enplanements, canceled flights and extra stops reportedly being added to what are supposed to be non-stop flights…
Read Full Article April 3, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Chuck Miller believes he’s leaving Quincy Regional Airport in a better place than it was when he started in October 2022. “No question about that,” he said. “People at the airport are working together quite well, and people are hopeful about getting things done. We’re even doing some things proactively here to try…
Read Full Article July 14, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Interim airport director Gabriel Hanafin hopes representatives from the two airlines bidding to become Quincy’s essential air service provider will make presentations before a Quincy City Council meeting in late July or early August. However, members of the Aeronautics Committee expressed reluctance during Wednesday’s meeting in City Council chambers to give their blessing…
Read Full Article July 12, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Aeronautics Committee will meet Wednesday afternoon to discuss proposals from two airlines to become the essential air service provider for Quincy Regional Airport. Interim Airport Director Gabriel Hanafin said the U.S. Department of Transportation received proposals from San Francisco-based Boutique Air and from Southern Airways Express out of Palm Beach, Fla. Hanafin…
Read Full Article March 12, 2025
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