SkywestUnitedBoydJamestown (CSi) Jamestown businesses have been sent a letter from the Jamestown Regional Airport, Commercial Air Service Committee members, explaining short and long-term goals regarding the airport’s UnitedExpress/SkyWest airlines service.

The letter asks for the business community’s continued support.

The letter states that, “Our ultimate goal would be to obtain sustainable annual passenger boardings of more than 15,000 per year. This would allow the airport to come off of our government subsidy as provided by the Essential Air Service (EAS) program, and allow multiple air carriers to multiply destinations.”

The letter goes on to say, “However our current short-term focus is to achieve a 10,000 passenger per year threshold which would award Jamestown with an additional $850,000 per year of government funding. This federal money would be used for Capital Improvement Projects that increase safety and improve operational efficiency of our airport. We are currently on track to reach between 7,000 and 8,000 passengers this year.” (2015).

The letter says, for Denver travelers, the cost of a round-trip from Jamestown is $222. For departures from Fargo or Bismarck, flying from Jamestown Regional Airport versus from Fargo or Bismarck, provides cost savings in the areas of operating a vehicle, the cost of meals, cost of parking per week, and travel time, on the road.

Those added costs are, Fargo, $177.55 and Bismarck, $174.90.

The letter asks travelers to, before booking their next trip be it business or personal, to research the schedule and prices to utilize the “great resource of having UnitedExpress flights into Jamestown.”

The letter is signed by the Committee Chairman, Jim Boyd and committee members Katie Andersen, Brent Harris, and Airport Manager, Sam Seafeldt.

More information is available on line at www.flyjamestown.net