ECoastLife Updated OpinionNews, Comments, and Updated Opinion on Local Affairs Along Northwest Florida's Emerald Coast(Untitled)- November 26, 2003 Southwest to be Featured on A&E in 2004 From the Southwest web site: It's a Bird. It's a Plane. It's Southwest Airlines in a New A&E Network Documentary Series Southwest has partnered with A&E Network for an all-new, real-life adventure series - a behind the scenes look at the drama surrounding commercial airline travel. The ten half-hour episodes of Airline are set todebut in January 2004. Los Angeles International and Chicago Midway are two of the airports that...http://www.ecoastlife.com/weblog/2003/11/26.html#a125 (Untitled)- November 12, 2003 AirTran Solicits Vote on Next Service Point Airtran asks here for customers to choose the next AirTran city from 36 suggested markets. Neither Bay County nor Huntsville (our current darling) is listed, although write-ins are invited. Citizens in Huntsville are organizing a write-in Campaign. Our "Partners in Progress" are silent, while still bleating about "doing nothing".http://www.ecoastlife.com/weblog/2003/11/12.html#a124 (Untitled)- November 10, 2003 News Herald "Flying High" Airport Traffic Story - More Numbers The story on Bay County airport traffic deserves a bit more analysis. Dividing the total passengers by the total flights shows the usual 30 passengers per flight. An 8% gain over 2002 looks good, but 2002 was a very depressed year. The bigger story is that the projected traffic for 2003 (approximately 380,000) is 6% less than predicted for 2003 in the Feasibility Study recommending...http://www.ecoastlife.com/weblog/2003/11/10.html#a123 |