The airport was awarded the $750,000 Small Community Air Service Development grant in 2018, with the stipulation that it be used to attract direct service to Dallas via American Airlines.
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]]>The Cornhusker Chapter of Women in Aviation International hosted a plane pull event On May 18th at the Lincoln Airport. Read all about it:
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]]>The Lincoln Airport Authority Board of Directors approved an agreement during their August board meeting for Lincoln Airport to become an official partner of Husker Athletics. Lincoln Airport has been working hard to align with the community, from offering aviation tours to youth, starting the free LNK Outdoor Movies Series, and now partnering with Husker Athletics. Read More HERE.
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]]>The Lincoln Airport (LNK, lincolnairport.com) is currently undergoing exciting expansion and renovation efforts that will modernize the 50-year-old terminal. Dubbed the “LNK Next” project, these efforts include 38,500 square feet of new building construction which will result in two new gates and six new jet bridges. In addition, approximately 57,000 square feet of the existing facility is being renovated. The project is expected to be completed in late 2022. Click HERE for the complete article.
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]]>This year the Lincoln Airport welcomed over 3,400 people to come out to be a part of their movie series, enjoying a free night out with friends and family to watch movies on the side of their old WWII hangar. The series included popular movies like…continue reading
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The Lincoln Airport has widened the scope of its search for flights to Texas.
The airport was awarded the $750,000 Small Community Air Service Development grant in 2018, with the stipulation that it be used to attract direct service to Dallas via American Airlines.
However, despite numerous discussions between the airport and the airline, the service has yet to materialize.
In light of that, Executive Director David Haring said the U.S Department of Transportation has agreed to amend the grant to allow Lincoln to pursue flights to any hub airport in Texas.
Haring said the airport had originally considered applying for a grant to target all of the state before eventually deciding to narrow its application to Dallas.
The grant would still be available to American Airlines, but amending it opens up the possibility of United Airlines, one of the airport’s two existing carriers, utilizing it to offer service to Houston. It also could be used by Southwest Airlines to start service to either Dallas or Houston, where it has hub airports, although that seems much less likely.
The grant would serve as a revenue guarantee to any airline starting new service, helping to defray start-up costs and make up any revenue shortfalls during the first year. The airport also raised $500,000 in private donations as a local match to supplement the grant funds.
The original grant was good for four years, and Haring said the amendment did not extend the term, meaning it is scheduled to expire next year. However, he said he believes the Department of Transportation is open to extending it.
The Lincoln Airport was in the midst of a passenger traffic upturn before COVID-19 hit, ending 2019 with its best passenger numbers since 2007.
But the pandemic caused not only a huge drop in passengers, but also the suspension of flights. Delta Air Lines shut down Lincoln operations from July 2020 to May of this year, and it still has not reinstated its daily flight to Atlanta.
Delta is flying its Lincoln-to-Minneapolis route and United has service to and from Chicago and Denver.
Currently, passenger numbers are at their highest level since the start of the pandemic, but they are still about 40% lower than at the same time in 2019.
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United Airlines is once again offering special flights to college football destinations, and Lincoln will be included.
The airline offered the flights two years ago, adding a special nonstop flight from Columbus, Ohio, to Lincoln the weekend of the Nebraska-Ohio State game.
The flight proved very popular, and the airline is offering it again this year.
According to a schedule posted at United.com, there will be a direct flight from Columbus to Lincoln on the evening of Nov. 5 and a return direct flight from Lincoln to Columbus on Nov. 7. The Huskers and Buckeyes are scheduled to play at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 6.
This time around, Husker fans will also be able to fly directly to a game from Lincoln. United is offering a direct flight to Lansing, Michigan, the evening of Sept. 24 in advance of the Huskers’ game against Michigan State on Sept. 25. A direct return flight is scheduled for the morning of Sept. 26.
Michigan fans also will be able to fly straight to Lincoln for the Oct. 9 matchup with Nebraska. United is offering a direct flight from Detroit to Lincoln that day, with a return trip Sunday morning.
“We are excited to have these flights available again for the best fans in college football,” Lincoln airport officials said in a statement. “We love welcoming fans from all over the country to our wonderful community to experience gameday in Lincoln and have the opportunity for our fans to travel out of their local airport to watch the Huskers play.”
The flights are part of 44 new one-time direct flights the airline is introducing to allow college football fans to fly directly to game destinations they otherwise wouldn’t be able to. The airline also is adding 16 new direct flights for NFL games.
“Nothing brings people together like the opportunity to cheer on the teams they love,” Ankit Gupta, vice president of domestic network planning at United, said in a news release. “This upcoming season, United is adding even more direct flights to college and professional football games than we’ve ever added before so our customers can reunite with the teams, tailgates and touchdowns they may have missed last season.”
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]]>The airport reported 18,703 total passengers during the month. That was the most since the coronavirus pandemic started in March 2020, beating out the previous high of 15,818 in June.
Compared with July 2020, passenger numbers were up 243%. However, they remain well below where they were in 2019.
United Airlines led the way with 13,312 passengers, while Delta Air Lines, which resumed Lincoln flights to Minneapolis in late May, had just over 5,000 passengers, up slightly from about 4,800 passengers in June. The airport also had nearly 400 charter flight passengers.
https://journalstar.com/business/local/passenger-numbers-continue-to-climb-at-lincoln-airport/article_b965284b-ed5f-5ae7-81f3-fdcc51eae8db.html
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]]>Watch the news coverage from Channel 8 here: https://www.klkntv.com/offutt-begins-temporary-move-to-lincoln/
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