vision2020@moscow.com: Re: Horizon cancelling flights between Moscow and Boise

Re: Horizon cancelling flights between Moscow and Boise

Bruce Haglund (bhaglund@uidaho.edu)
Tue, 26 Aug 1997 18:05:54 -0700 (PDT)

Way to go Tom!
I'm surprised that you've reacted more quickly than the university, which
will suffer greatly from this imposed isolation from Boise, pokey, Idaho
Falls, Sun Valley--you know, our statewide constituency. It'll be weird to
be able to fly to Boise in roughly the same time it takes to drive the "goat
trail" !!!!!!!!!!!
Bruce
PS Y'all annoy Horizon, please. I'm sure you're as displeased and shocked as
Tom and I.

At 12:06 PM 8/26/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Vision2020,
>
>I sent this letter to Horizon Airlines today regarding their recent decision.
>
>Tom
>
>August 26, 1997
>
>Dan Russo
>Horizon Airlines
>PO Box 48309
>Seattle, WA 98148
>
>VIA FAX: 206-248-6361
>
>Dear Mr Russo,
>
>I am writing in regard to the recent announcement by Horizon Airlines
>intention to cancel flights between Boise and Moscow/Pullman starting mid
>October. I have to be frank by saying that I was shocked and disturbed by
>this announcement. If this is a "trial balloon", it won't fly.
>
>Various staff and Board members of the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental
>Institute (PCEI) use this service between Moscow/Pullman and Boise to
>connect with the rest of the Idaho and nation. I don't feel it is
>appropriate for your company to make the decision to cut off a portion of
>Idaho from the world. The announced alternative of two flights per day in
>and out of Lewiston is not a sufficient replacement for four flights per
>day at Moscow.
>
>If this decision is final, it will have a definite impact on PCEI's
>decision to use Horizon and Northwest Airlines in our future travel plans.
>I have appreciated the service in the past; and given the price of your
>current tickets between Moscow and Boise, I am astonished that you are
>"losing money" on this connection.
>
>Please reconsider this decision immediately and reinstate you service to
>Moscow/Pullman.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>
>Thomas C. Lamar
>Executive Director
>
>cc: Pullman-Moscow Airport
> Northwest Airlines
> Southwest Airlines
> United Airlines
> Delta Airlines
> University of Idaho, President's Office
> Moscow Chamber of Commerce
> Link Transportation, Inc
> Palouse Travel, Inc
>
>Thomas C. Lamar, Executive Director
>
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