Rockford Airport

The Rockford airport, now Chicago/Rockford International Airport, that we should follow as an example continues to do very well. Located outside of Chicago, offering free parking by the way, they were able to attract leisure passsengers first through airlines like TransMeridian/Hooters, replaced now by Allegiant, a charter airlines (Apple Vacations) and the soon to start http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060423/OPINION05/104230010/1139

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Additional daily flights are possible, but not immediately, as United doesn’t have any regional jets parked in the desert. For the moment, demand is outrunning supply, unless you book further out into the future, which many are doing. Some flights in December are already 50 percent sold!

Our success has been in securing service from those airlines that are willing to provide destinations and pricing on par with Chicago O’Hare. That coupled with free airport parking and increasing regional awareness is pulling people into Chicago/Rockford International Airport from the Chicago suburbs, southern Wisconsin and even eastern Iowa.

Allegiant Air is flying 85 percent full to Orlando and Las Vegas. When Allegiant started in November, it was flying four times weekly to Las Vegas. Because of strong sales, Allegiant increased the weekly schedule to six flights. Orlando service will increase in June to six weekly flights. Again, wow!