CALENDAR NOTICE

 

PORTLAND, ORE. (Oct. 15, 2008) – Oregon Communities Celebrate Nonstop Air Service Connecting Klamath Falls & North Bend with Portland

 

Vital Air Service Provided by United Express/SkyWest Airlines

 

Oregon communities today celebrated nonstop air service connecting Klamath Falls and North Bend with Portland.

 

Members of the Oregon Commercial Air Service Coalition, instrumental in establishing the vital service on United Express, operated by SkyWest Airlines, celebrated in all three cities, flying from Klamath Falls to Portland International Airport, and then to North Bend.

 

To secure the nonstop air service connecting Klamath Falls and North Bend with Portland, Gov. Ted Kulongoski formed the Oregon Commercial Air Service Coalition, which helped establish a revenue guarantee contract with the City of Klamath Falls and the Coos County Airport District with United Airlines/SkyWest Airlines. In addition to the local dollars, federal grants and assistance from the City of Portland helped finalize the contract. Port of Portland is providing marketing support to help make the service successful.

 

“We thank United Express, SkyWest and all of our partners who helped make this air service a success,” said Dan Clem, Director for the Oregon Department of Aviation. “The partnerships formed by the communities of Klamath Falls, North Bend and Portland, with their businesses, local governments and elected officials, are the foundation for this success. These partnerships prove our local resolve for economic sustainability within Oregon’s.”  

 

"We're pleased to bring the United Express brand to these routes as we strengthen our partnership with these communities and the state of Oregon," said Mike Thompson, SkyWest Airlines' vice president – market development.

 

“We are pleased to join our partners today in celebrating these new services and strengthening our commitment to the Pacific Northwest,” continued David Jehn, United’s managing director – North America planning.

 

United Express regional partner SkyWest will operate the two daily round-trip flights with a 30-passenger Embraer 120 Brasilia aircraft.

 

The new service schedules, now effective, are as follows:

 

Schedule                                               Depart              Arrive

 

Klamath Falls to Portland                       5:48 a.m.          7:01 a.m.

Klamath Falls to Portland                       1:53 p.m.          3:06 p.m.

 

Portland to Klamath Falls                       7:20 a.m.          8:30 a.m.

Portland to Klamath Falls                       4:23 p.m.          5:33 p.m.

 

North Bend to Portland                           6:00 a.m.          6:52 a.m.

North Bend to Portland                           2:12 p.m.          3:04 p.m.

 

Portland to North Bend                           7:12 a.m.          8:01 a.m.

Portland to North Bend                           4:31 p.m.          5:20 p.m.

 

United also offers service between Portland and 11 other cities, including Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington. SkyWest Airlines has operated under the United Express banner in Portland since 1998.