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It's Official: HVN Snags Delta
Air service to Cincinnati to begin in May
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Business New Haven
3/1/2004
By: BNH
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NEW HAVEN - Delta Airlines officially announced February 23 that it will begin service to Tweed-New Haven Airport starting May 27.
Comair, a Delta connection carrier, will initiate three flights daily between Tweed and Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport on 40-seat Bombardier CRJ regional jets. From Cincinnati, passengers will have access to more than 125 destinations.
New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. said the expanded air service at Tweed would help increase the prosperity of the entire community.
"This is one more example of how New Haven has become a premiere American city. To grow as a hub of world class culture, education, biotechnology and new economy business, the world must be able to get here quickly," he said in a press release.
Although Delta signed a letter of intent to come to Tweed in December, an official agreement was not reached until city businesses provided a $1.9 million revenue guarantee for the airline. The guarantee would help maintain Delta in the event it incurred operating losses in its first year at Tweed.
Yale's vice president of the Office of New Haven & State Affairs, Bruce Alexander, who spearheaded the fundraising for the guarantee, said the expanded airport service is essential for attracting and maintaining jobs and businesses in New Haven.
Among the principal guarantors were the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the Knights of Columbus, New Haven Savings Bank and Yale.
Others included Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Fleet Bank, United Illuminating Company, SBC, the New Haven Register, WTNH-TV and Webster Bank.
The New Haven Board of Alderman also allocated $900,000 in December to keep Tweed in operation.
Introductory one-way fares between Tweed and Cincinnati are priced at $106 based on a round-trip purchase.
Flights will leave Tweed at 6 a.m., 1:20 p.m. and 5:15 p.m., and flights from Cincinnati will arrive at 1 p.m., 4:55 p.m. and 11 p.m. The approximate flight time from New Haven to Cincinnati is two hours.
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