History
Prior to the events of September 11, 2001, the airport was at its height with US Airways mainline jets offering service to Pittsburgh and international service to Toronto.After 9/11, US Airways transitioned from 737s and DC-9s to regional jet service. As air service rebounded in the mid 2000's, the airport offered service on US Airways Express to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Charlotte; Northwest Airlink to Detroit; Continental Connection to Cleveland; and Delta Connection to Cincinnati and Atlanta.
The airport is reportedly looking to expand service to New York, Chicago, and many other cities. The airport has been served by many airlines over the years. US Airways discontinued Charlotte service in 2006. Delta Air Lines discontinued service to Atlanta on 6 September 2007. In early 2008, US Airways discontinued Erie-Pittsburgh service. As of January 2010, US Airways Express service has been reduced to three flights daily to Philadelphia; Delta Connection offers five flights daily to Detroit; and United Express offers four flights daily to Cleveland. As is the case across the country, the high cost of fuel is causing airlines to reduce regional flying and cut routes to smaller airports such as Erie. During the winter months when weather is typically dangerous, flights into Erie often become diverted to Cleveland or Buffalo.
Read more about this topic: Erie International Airport
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“We may pretend that we’re basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.”
—Terry Hands (b. 1941)
“Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.”
—Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)
“All history and art are against us, but we still expect happiness in love.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)