Permission is required because Crescent City’s airport, unlike Humboldt’s, is designated an Essential Air Service. PenAir, which declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy back in August, wanted to leave Crescent City even earlier but was denied permission to do so by the federal Department of Transportation. The Outpost reached out to the airline to ask for more information but has yet to hear back. PenAir issued a press release (posted below) announcing its decision. “Up until today they were saying they would continue to serve if they were able,” he said. “We’re doing our utmost to expedite” the process, said Leitner, who just this morning learned out about PenAir’s decision to leave. Department of Transportation grant to finance a new contract with Tennessee-based Contour Airlines, but even if that application gets approved it could be 60 days or more before Contour can start offering flights out of Crescent City, according to Del Norte County Airport Director Matthew Leitner. Local airport officials are pursuing a U.S. Gone From Humboldt, PenAir Declares Bankruptcy and Looks to End Service in Crescent CityĪlaska-based PenAir is abandoning its twice-daily service between Crescent City and Portland, Ore., effective December 15, a move that will leave Del Norte County without any commercial air service.PenAir Will Fly the Humboldt Skies No More.
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