August 26, 2019
In July, the DuBois Regional Airport reached an all-time record high in the number of commercial passengers — a total of 1,216 — flying to and from the airport, according to information provided at Friday’s Clearfield-Jefferson Counties Regional Airport Authority meeting.
The total passenger numbers were at 468 in June and 627 in July, said airport Manager Bob Shaffer. Year-to-date, the passenger counts are at 3,005 compared to 2,738 in 2018.
Shaffer attributed the increase in the number of passengers to Southern Airways Express’ on-time performance, pricing, and the airline’s American Airlines connection to Baltimore and Pittsburgh from the DuBois Regional Airport. Southern is the operator of the Essential Air Service routes from the DuBois airport.
“We’re headed in the right direction, doing a good job,” said Shaffer.
“We are so pleased with how the residents in the region are responding to the low fares and high reliability of Southern and our interline with American Airlines,” Southern Airways Chief Marketing Officer Keith Sisson said via email. “We fully believe this is only the beginning of a record-setting trend that will continue to keep the air service product in DuBois viable for a long time to come.”
“We were at a 32 percent increase in July over June, which is significant,” said authority member Joe Varacallo. “And I might add that there were zero cancellations inbound and outbound for both months.”
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