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West Virginia's small airports compete in a changing aviation industry.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2004
By Jennifer Ginsberg, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 26--At a time when the nation's largest airlines are losing money and some have filed for bankruptcy or are teetering on the edge, West Virginia airports, like most nationwide, are trying to maintain and increase their air service.
Small airports are the most challenging types of airports to fit today's business model, said Brian Streeval, an analyst with the Boyd Group aviation consulting firm in Colorado.
Passengers want the cheapest, most convenient and fastest flights on the most comfortable planes possible. But the lack of competition that occurs when only one carrier serves an airport means higher fares and fewer destinations.
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