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Southern Airways pitches LAX‑focused strategy for Imperial Airport; urges reliability, booking help to rebuild ridership
Summary
Southern Airways told the Board that focusing flights on Los Angeles (LAX) rather than splitting service between LAX and Phoenix could improve connections, ticket prices and reliability. The carrier also asked the county to help with customer service and outreach to regain passengers and reach FAA grant thresholds.
Austin Meyer of Southern Airways presented an update on Essential Air Service (EAS) operations at Imperial County Airport, describing how route choices, interline partnerships and reliability affect passenger numbers and subsidy efficiency.
Meyer said the airport’s EAS subsidy (about $2.9 million annually) offsets operating costs so fares are lower than they would be on an unsubsidized route. He argued the county could regain pre‑pandemic passenger levels by consolidating frequencies to one hub — LAX — rather than continuing a split…
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