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KCI Airport Ranks No. 1 in New Route DevelopmentCarriers at KCI Add 16 New Routes from August 2006 to August 2007 |
KANSAS CITY, MO., August 6, 2007 – Kansas City International Airport (KCI) has added more new routes than any other airport in the United States from August 2006 to August 2007. In the twelve-month period six airlines have added 16 new routes from KCI.
“The Aviation Department has taken a proactive approach to air service development in the last year and a half and the return on those efforts has been remarkable,” said Director of Aviation Mark VanLoh. “The ongoing growth in business and leisure traffic to Kansas City and the surrounding region have bolstered traffic on routes that were previously unsustainable.”
New service at KCI since August 2006:
Destination Airline(s) Start Date
Columbia, Missouri US Airways October 5, 2006
Kirksville, Missouri US Airways October 5, 2006
Grand Island, Nebraska US Airways October 29, 2006
Ft. Myers, Florida Midwest November 1, 2006
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Frontier December 16, 2006
LA/Ontario, California ExpressJet April 2, 2007
Tucson, Arizona ExpressJet April 2, 2007
Austin, Texas ExpressJet April 23, 2007
Jacksonville, Florida ExpressJet April 30, 2007
Columbus, Ohio Midwest and May 1, 2007
Skybus
Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina American and May 1, 2007
ExpressJet
Louisville, Kentucky ExpressJet May 7, 2007
New Orleans, Louisiana ExpressJet May 14, 2007
Salina, Kansas US Airways June 3, 2007
Colorado Springs, Colorado Midwest July 1, 2007
Madison, Wisconsin Midwest July 1, 2007
In addition to the routes listed above, AirTran Airways will begin nonstop service from KCI to Miami, Florida on November 7, 2007, bringing the count of nonstop destinations to 70.
The Kansas City Airport System is an Enterprise Fund Department of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, and is supported wholly by airport user charges. No general tax fund revenues are used for the administration, promotion, operation or maintenance of the airports in the system. Visit www.flykci.com for more information.
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