It is official.. The public charter service from Hooters is done. They will be removed from our list and join the dead list with SouthEast and TransMeridian. These start-ups are quite risky and since they are private companyes, there is little to no financial information available. All the more reason why a company liek DJ Air Group was always such a stretch.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Hooters Airlines in Myrtle Beach is stopping regularly scheduled air service. The airline said it will stop its public charter flights April 17 and will run only private charters out of Winston-Salem, N.C.
President Mark Peterson said Hooters Air will serve large groups such as sports teams and tour groups. Peterson said some of the airline's 350 workers will be laid off in Winston-Salem. About five workers in Myrtle Beach are being laid off.
Hooters started service between Myrtle Beach and Atlanta in 2003. It was serving 15 locations last July, but the airline began canceling holiday flights in December. It had stopped most flights in January but said it would resume service to Myrtle Beach in the spring.
Same Time Next Year
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It’s been nearly a year since I wrote about the problems that come from
having 11 bosses who are not on the same page about anything, as well as
suggestion...
5 months ago
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And to think your Mayor announced just a little over 1 month ago they were in talks with them.... ouch.
Private ailrines like Hooters can get in trouble real fast, since there financials are not public. take SouthEast and TrasMeridian they both went out of business w/o a notice. Hooters , at least, gave some signs as they stopped flying routes one by one.
I have no problem with the Mayor stating we were with in discussions with Hooters. Only hope there are discussions with USA3000, JetBlue, Linear, Cape Air and other charters.
The last thing we need is for our public officials to be afraid to have discussion with potential airlines. As they say with each failure, we are that much closer to a success.
I say good for the Mayor to make statement, while many others opt to hide.
Yup, it's official...
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/14211018.htm
Harry Tembenis
Worcester, Ma
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