Does it Really Have to be Farewell to Big Sky Airlines in Montana?
With Saturday the scheduled day for the last flight of Big Sky Airlines to Havre, when air service will resume is up in the air. However, Montanas members of Congress have taken up the battle and called for the players to continue service. Tim Leeds Havre Daily News tleeds@havredailynews.com Full Story: http://www.havredailynews.com/articl … s/local.txt *** Dick King, President and CEO of the Missoula Area Economic Development Corporation http://www.maedc.org , is working with the Montana Economic Developers Association http://www.medamembers.org regarding the possibility of creating a consortium of local economic development organizations for the purpose of assisting the employees of Big Sky Airlines purchase the company. We are trying to determine if there is interest in this idea, King stated. From an economic development standpoint, it is important to Montana to have an airline that serves rural communities under the essential air services program and that also connects these com
