Boutique Air
December 17, 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. The proposals were made public earlier this month. They were submitted by: Following is a review of each proposal, including a…
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 4, 2022 | By Steve Eighinger
QUINCY — Quincy’s Aeronautics Committee has recommended Southern Airways Express to be the city’s next Essential Air Service provider. The unanimous recommendation came during a late Wednesday afternoon meeting inside City Hall. The measure now moves to City Council, which meets at 7 p.m. Monday. Formal approval of Southern Airways Express must be okayed by…
Read Full Article August 2, 2022 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher
QUINCY — A packed house filled the Quincy City Council chambers Monday before the regularly scheduled meeting of the aldermen to hear from two airlines hoping to serve as the Essential Air Service provider for Quincy’s airport. Representatives from Boutique Air and Southern Airways Express each were allotted 15 minutes to make their presentations and…
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…
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