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Good News From American FLY LOCAL
American Airlines, which flies between Sawyer and Chicago
O'Hare, will add a Saturday flight in May, arriving at 10:30 a.m.
and departing at 11:05 a.m. on a 50-seat jet. Sawyer management
is anticipating a new daily Chicago round trip on a 66-seater
with some first class seats, hopefully in June. This would be an Spring 2018 . . . . . . . . No. 31 . . . . . . . Marquette County, Michigan
addition to the current daily round-trip with O'Hare.
Sawyer has worked closely with the airlines and Lake Superior Weather Nips Passenger Totals
Community Partnership's Transportation Task Force to increase Erratic winter weather at Sawyer and all
scheduled air service for the flying public. The added American three hubs disrupted enough flights to drop
service gives passengers more options and increases the total the first quarter passenger totals slightly from
number of weekly seats to over 3,000. a year ago. The 2018 first quarter totaled
20,787 vs. 21,870 last year. The difference is
From The Manager a loss of 1,083 riders over the three months,
Since time is money, Sawyer passengers save lots of both by which amounts to about a dozen fewer people
"flying local." One passenger told me that his per day (or less than two per flight).
Chicago-to-Sawyer flight on American Airlines The total number of passengers arriving and
took only 43 minutes from wheels-up to wheels- departing through Sawyer since the airport
down. He didn't even have time to take a nap! That moved to the former air base from Negaunee Township is creeping
beats spending hours behind a steering wheel. close to the two million mark. This is six times the population of
Sawyer has all non-stops to three major hubs, the U.P. and establishes Sawyer as the busiest airport in the penin-
with access to hundreds of destinations around the sula.
world. We are fortunate to have this schedule, and
Duane DuRay are pleased that so many passengers start here. Busy Cargo Traffic
First quarter cargo totaled 361,282 pounds
(over 180 tons). UPS was credited with 59
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