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Setting record straight

Recently there has been erroneous information, as well as a lack of crucial information that the public should be made aware of in regards to the Williamsport Regional Airport project.

First is the fact that the Dash 8’s now serving our airport are set to be phased out over the next three years to be replaced with 50 seat aircraft. Our security screening area only accommodates 40 passengers.

They will also only load via a jetway which our existing building cannot provide.

The baggage system is totally antiquated.

Secondly, while a new terminal does not guarantee more service or lower fares, the lack of a new facility does indeed guarantee that no new airline or additional routes will be added to the existing building. People keep asking for more flights, bigger planes, lower fares, then a new terminal must be built.

As a travel agent for over 35 years, I would like to express how important this project is to our entire area, whether you travel or not.

We handle air arrangements for Susquehanna Health Systems, as well as several major corporations in our region. We fly in physicians, surgeons and top recruits for job interviews.

Let me assure you they will not be taking positions in a town without air service.

This also goes for any new industries scouting locations for new facilities. Not to mention a number of senior citizens for whom driving to another airport is no longer an option.

I am concerned that some of the county commissioners do not seem to understand how vital this New Terminal is to everyone in Williamsport and all of Lycoming County.

A city without air service is not a city, it’s a town. Please contact Rick Mirabito, Jack McKernan and Tony Mussare to voice your support for this project.

The new Williamsport Regional Airport is a must if we want to see Williamsport and Lycoming County thriving for the next several decades.

Julie Johnston McManus

Cogan Station

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