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Country music was playing over the airport’s sound system recently.  Maybe GSP can also raise a Confederate battle flag out front, if that’s the demographic that the airport is trying to attract?

PuppiesandKittens
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I’m sticking by it. Country music is favored by the less-educated and lower-income, and it’s appalling that a gateway to Greenville includes it as one of the first things that visitors experience.  A

roads-scholar
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Your knowledge of the airport and the airport commission is sorely lacking.   First, Roger Milliken has been dead since 2010.   There's no such thing as "Milliken Leadership".   But when alive wa

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Saw this interesting article about Allegiant Air's new pricing idea: http://seattletimes....onairfares.html

Basically, they want to offer the option of variable priced tickets where the final price depends on the price of jet fuel at the time of the flight. If you choose that option and gas prices fall, you win. If prices rise, you're hit with a surcharge. I'm personally not crazy about the whole idea.

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Southwest certainly seems to be making an impact at GSP. Passenger numbers for March were just released and they show a 38.4% increase! :yahoo: Thanks to Skyliner for calling this out in another forum. GSP just posted this latest passenger number info on their Facebook page.

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Southwest certainly seems to be making an impact at GSP. Passenger numbers for March were just released and they show a 38.4% increase! :yahoo: Thanks to Skyliner for calling this out in another forum. GSP just posted this latest passenger number info on their Facebook page.

That's AWESOME!

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Has any of the construction started yet at GSP? I haven't flown into the area for several months and was curious of the changes that were posted in the master plan. If anyone wants to post pics please do.

Construction won't start on the project for another six months-year sadly.

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And you thought March was a big month. :shok::blink: Preliminary numbers indicate GSP traffic was up a mind boggling 48% in April 2011 compared to April 2010 according to the airport's Facebook and Twitter pages.

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Vision to add direct (same plane) service from Greenville-Spartanburg to Knoxville: http://www.foxcaroli..._medium=twitter and http://www.wyff4.com...636/detail.html Was hoping the Vegas service would be direct too...oh well. Neither one is non-stop and both are via Destin sadly.

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Vision to add direct (same plane) service from Greenville-Spartanburg to Knoxville: http://www.foxcaroli..._medium=twitter and http://www.wyff4.com...636/detail.html Was hoping the Vegas service would be direct too...oh well. Neither one is non-stop and both are via Destin sadly.

So, I have to fly to Destin to get to Knoxville? That makes zero sense when you can drive there in 3 hours.

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Vision won't be around as airline very long IMO....maybe a charter, but not a scheduled carrier. First they were doing the Allegiant model when they launched.....all nonstop service to Destin, with no connections....point to point. They've realize Destin does not have enough O&D passengers, so they are changing the model to be a hub / spoke to help fill the planes outbound from Destin. Problem is, the schedules / times don't match up very well, like they would in a true hub, so you are getting these strange connections like GSP to TYS. It is all about utilizing the aircraft better and not really much about demand for city pairs. Not very forward thinking.

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Vision won't be around as airline very long IMO....maybe a charter, but not a scheduled carrier. First they were doing the Allegiant model when they launched.....all nonstop service to Destin, with no connections....point to point. They've realize Destin does not have enough O&D passengers, so they are changing the model to be a hub / spoke to help fill the planes outbound from Destin. Problem is, the schedules / times don't match up very well, like they would in a true hub, so you are getting these strange connections like GSP to TYS. It is all about utilizing the aircraft better and not really much about demand for city pairs. Not very forward thinking.

It definitely sounds like Vision Airlines is circling the drain. :unsure:

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GSP Airport passenger traffic continues to soar:

Officials said 163,000 passengers traveled through GSP in May. That number is up from 155,000 travelers in April and 140,000 travelers in March.

May's number is up more than 48 percent over last year, officials said.

Read more: http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/14969933/gsp-traffic-up-for-3rd-straight-month?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook

Cargo traffic is also continuing to do the same: http://www.gsabusiness.com/news/40033-freight-soars?rss=0

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GSP Airport passenger traffic continues to soar:

Officials said 163,000 passengers traveled through GSP in May. That number is up from 155,000 travelers in April and 140,000 travelers in March.

May's number is up more than 48 percent over last year, officials said.

Read more: http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/14969933/gsp-traffic-up-for-3rd-straight-month?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook

Cargo traffic is also continuing to do the same: http://www.gsabusiness.com/news/40033-freight-soars?rss=0

Fantastic numbers! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: GSP just keeps on growing.

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Vision won't be around as airline very long IMO....maybe a charter, but not a scheduled carrier. First they were doing the Allegiant model when they launched.....all nonstop service to Destin, with no connections....point to point. They've realize Destin does not have enough O&D passengers, so they are changing the model to be a hub / spoke to help fill the planes outbound from Destin. Problem is, the schedules / times don't match up very well, like they would in a true hub, so you are getting these strange connections like GSP to TYS. It is all about utilizing the aircraft better and not really much about demand for city pairs. Not very forward thinking.

As predicted, seems Vision is starting to retrench. They are dropping service to numerous cities by fall.....Vision will pull out of Greenville, Columbia, Huntsville, Baton Rouge and other cities. I give this airline until December 31 before its gone.

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The Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Commission has received a $2.94 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the design phase of a terminal renovation project at the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport. Construction slated to start in 2012.

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Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport is adding new parking on the rooftops of garages A and B. The new parking option will add an additional 600 long-term parking spaces for the airport when the lots open in early July. Parking in the Sky Lot will cost $6 a day.

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Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport commissioners have selected Skanska/Moss/Roebuck as the general contractor of the $100 million terminal renovation and expansion project, subject to successful completion of fee negotiations. If negotiations can’t be completed with Skanska/Moss/Roebuck, the airport will turn to the second-ranked construction management firm, Austin/Shelco, and finally the third-ranked, Yeargin/Hunt/US&S. Construction to start in Fall 2012. Article from the Greenville News: http://business.greenvilleonline.com/content/story/2339/gsp-selects-general-contractor-for-terminal-project/

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