Delta to touch down on island again
By TIM DONNELLY
tdonnelly@islandpacket.com
843-706-8145
Published Friday, March 16, 2007
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Now boarding: expanded travel options for Beaufort County residents and visitors.
Photo: Bill Jeffrey, of Delta Technology, installs a kiosk Thursday at Hilton Head Island Airport in preparation for Delta Connection flights to Atlanta, which begin Saturday.
Delta will begin offering its seasonal service from the Hilton Head Island Airport to its connector hub in Atlanta on Saturday, giving travelers a second airline option for the first time in nearly a decade.
Airport officials heralded the arrival of Delta as a great opportunity for the area to tap into the hub at the Hartsville-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which offers about 1,000 departures a day. It's also the first time since
1991 the airport has offered
service to Atlanta. At its busiest, the airport had three carriers in 1993.
Delta's three flights will join the daily flights U.S. Airways Express already offers to its Charlotte hub. The Delta service will only be offered until Sept. 4, but airline officials said they'll monitor it to determine if they should add more flights or expand it to year-round.
The airline's service will be operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines, a Delta subsidiary. The flights will be on 66-passenger ATR turboprop airplanes, though the passenger load will be limited to about 25 or 30.
The planes are slightly larger than the Dash-8s U.S. Airways flies, but produce about the same amount of noise, airport officials said.
Local aviation officials last month flew ASA representatives around the airport grounds, showing them the noise abatement routes pilots are asked to follow to avoid flying over homes. The representatives took pictures of the routes and downloaded the published flight procedures, which they will distribute to pilots, said John Moran, a member of the Aviation Advisory Board.
"They were pleased that the airport group went through the trouble of showing them around and expressing our concerns over noise and safety," he said. "We don't anticipate any problems."
The first flight will land at 12:10 p.m. Saturday and depart at 12:40 p.m., airport director Paul Andres said.
By TIM DONNELLY
tdonnelly@islandpacket.com
843-706-8145
Published Friday, March 16, 2007
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Now boarding: expanded travel options for Beaufort County residents and visitors.
Photo: Bill Jeffrey, of Delta Technology, installs a kiosk Thursday at Hilton Head Island Airport in preparation for Delta Connection flights to Atlanta, which begin Saturday.
Delta will begin offering its seasonal service from the Hilton Head Island Airport to its connector hub in Atlanta on Saturday, giving travelers a second airline option for the first time in nearly a decade.
Airport officials heralded the arrival of Delta as a great opportunity for the area to tap into the hub at the Hartsville-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which offers about 1,000 departures a day. It's also the first time since
1991 the airport has offered
service to Atlanta. At its busiest, the airport had three carriers in 1993.
Delta's three flights will join the daily flights U.S. Airways Express already offers to its Charlotte hub. The Delta service will only be offered until Sept. 4, but airline officials said they'll monitor it to determine if they should add more flights or expand it to year-round.
The airline's service will be operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines, a Delta subsidiary. The flights will be on 66-passenger ATR turboprop airplanes, though the passenger load will be limited to about 25 or 30.
The planes are slightly larger than the Dash-8s U.S. Airways flies, but produce about the same amount of noise, airport officials said.
Local aviation officials last month flew ASA representatives around the airport grounds, showing them the noise abatement routes pilots are asked to follow to avoid flying over homes. The representatives took pictures of the routes and downloaded the published flight procedures, which they will distribute to pilots, said John Moran, a member of the Aviation Advisory Board.
"They were pleased that the airport group went through the trouble of showing them around and expressing our concerns over noise and safety," he said. "We don't anticipate any problems."
The first flight will land at 12:10 p.m. Saturday and depart at 12:40 p.m., airport director Paul Andres said.
