Originally published in 1998
The Regional Air Service Task Force and other interested parties met on Thursday, September 3 to review, discuss and approve a proposal for an in-depth statewide study on air service in Texas. The primary objectives of the study will be to identify existing air service levels at airports that wish to participate in the study and determine what airports could do to attract airline interest to their areas. Some airport officials, realizing that the results of the study can show negatively on their airports, nevertheless voted to commission the study and to begin gathering possible information on candidates for airport consultants. The research, additionally, will estimate the degree of leakage-passengers driving to larger airports for lower fares and better travel options-at participating airports. Most importantly, the study will analyze the potential for improved air service at Texas airports and perhaps assess the potential impacts on increased service.
More information on this task force’s progress will be reported in the next Wingtips newsletter.