{"id":47077,"date":"2014-06-05T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T19:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=47077"},"modified":"2014-06-05T16:19:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T21:19:50","slug":"water-cammpm-salute-to-welcome-1st-skywest-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=47077","title":{"rendered":"Water Cannon Salute For United Express\/SkyWest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi) To mark the <strong>United Express\/SkyWest<\/strong> start up for Jamestown, ND, a water cannon salute was given for the first arrival at 12:46 p.m. June 5, 2014, directly from Denver.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/mZfW22-oaR8?rel=0;&amp;autoplay=1\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center>The Jamestown Fire Department provided the water cannon salute. Jamestown Regional Airport Manager Matt Leitner says a water cannon salute is tradition in welcoming a new service or saying goodbye to retiring crews and aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>[easyrotator]erc_40_1402000722[\/easyrotator]Jamestown Regional Airport Authority, Chairman, Jim Boyd says Jamestown again has a market share of the aviation industry, with passengers no longer needing to fly out of Bismarck or Fargo, and stay close to home.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that with Jamestown connected with the major Denver hub, residents can fly anywhere in the world from Jamestown, adding that the United Express\/SkyWest service is a &#8220;game changer&#8221; for the Jamestown area.<\/p>\n<p>He feels the addition of United Express\/SkyWest is an indication of &#8220;good things will come,&#8221; to Jamestown, in that, in a year or so United Express\/SkyWest will look at Jamestown boarding numbers and determine if Jamestown would be entitled to the larger 70 seat aircraft, and or more frequent flights.<\/p>\n<p>The current federal Essential Air Service contract and subsidy expires at the end of June 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Jamestown Regional Airport Manager, Mathew Leitner said Thursday\u2019s resumption of air service to Jamestown was &#8220;Over the moon, with a jet contrail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s pleased that Jamestown now has premium air service from a major airling<\/p>\n<p>United Express\/SkyWest officials say that every flight is timed to provide extensive connection opportunities on hundreds of daily United Airlines flights in Denver.<\/p>\n<p>Customers flying from Jamestown and Devils Lake enjoy the added comfort of flying onboard the 50-passenger Bombardier-manufactured Canadair Regional Jet 200 (CRJ200). These jet aircraft include food service, a flight attendant and restroom.<\/p>\n<p>The 1:15 \u2013p.m., Jamestown departure was headed to Devils Lake, and then on to Denver, as 22 passengers boarded Thursday afternoon for the two cities.<\/p>\n<p>United Airline service schedule is posted at the airport\u2019s web site:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flyjamestown.net\/\"><b>FlyJamestown.Net<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>or on line <a href=\"http:\/\/skywest.com\/\"><b>www.united.com <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An open house will also be held on June 20,2014 at 11:00 AM. This event will be attended by representatives of federal, state and local governments and United Airlines and SkyWest officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi) To mark the United Express\/SkyWest start up for Jamestown, ND, a water cannon salute was given for the first arrival at 12:46 p.m. June 5, 2014, directly from Denver. The Jamestown Fire Department provided the water cannon salute. 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