(Palmdale, CA) City to give away flight tickets

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Article Last Updated: 8/09/2005 09:25 PM

City to give away flight tickets

$20,000 idea may keep airline in valley
By Jim Skeen, Staff Writer
LA Daily News

PALMDALE - Still not flying enough passengers in and out of Palmdale to break even, Las Vegas-based Scenic Airlines got a boost from Palmdale city government, which bought $20,000 worth of tickets.

City officials, told that the city's only airline would pull out by October if its passenger loads didn't increase, will give away the 90 round-trip tickets at a weekly downtown festival and at weekend park concerts to promote the flights to Las Vegas.

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The airline has averaged 17 passengers a day through the first half of 2005 but needs about 21 to break even on a flight, according to city officials and Los Angeles World Airports statistics.

City officials said one of the problems with the airline had been the aircraft, a 19-seat DeHavilland Twin Otter fine for Grand Canyon sightseeing trips Scenic's original purpose but uncomfortable for regular passenger service.

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[dbackjon]

1. It needs 21 passengers to break even

But seats only 19??

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2. Good question. Why not ask the reporter?

email address is in the story

[Synnical]

3. Hey thanks

I just sent the info to my family in CA. My dad lives very near there.

:-)

-Cindy in Fort Lauderdale