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Canyonlands Airport Board recommends SkyWest as its top pick for next EAS contract
Summary
After hearing consultant findings, resident and business survey results and public comment, the Canyonlands Airport Board voted by voice to recommend SkyWest (code-share service to Salt Lake and Denver) to the County Commission; the motion passed with one abstention and no recorded opposition.
The Canyonlands Airport Board voted to recommend SkyWest as the community’s preferred carrier for the next Essential Air Service (EAS) contract and will advise the Grand County Commission to forward that recommendation to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The vote followed a multi-hour discussion that included a market analysis from consultant Luke Schmidt, public comments, an economic-development review of resident and business surveys, and a subcommittee report that had earlier endorsed SkyWest. Bill Winfield, Grand County commissioner and board liaison, told the board the three-commissioner subcommittee voted unanimously for the SkyWest code-share option.
Schmidt told the board he compiled a catchment-area profile spanning five counties and ran…
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