RENO AIR QUITTING FLIGHTS TO BURBANK.Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer After just two months at Burbank Airport, Reno Air Reno Air was a scheduled passenger airline that provided service from its hubs at Reno/Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada and San Jose International Airport in San Jose, California to destinations throughout the western United States, with limited service to the US east has decided to cease its operations at the facility at the end of February, airport officials said. While Reno Air only had four daily flights from the airport, the company's decision to restart To resume computer operation after a planned or unplanned termination. See boot, warm boot and checkpoint/restart. operations in Burbank caused quite a stir last fall. The company announced plans for a 6:40 a.m. takeoff, a move that would have broken a voluntary curfew curfew [O.Fr.,=cover fire], originally a signal, such as the ringing of a bell, to damp the fire, extinguish all lights in the dwelling, and retire for the night. The custom originated as a precaution against fires and was common throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. at the airport on flights from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Although four other commercial flights were already breaking the morning curfew on a daily basis, Reno's plans to add new flights outside the boundary drew the ire of Burbank residents. Burbank city officials are engaged in a battle over the future of the airport, insisting that mandatory curfews and flight restrictions be put in place before an expansion plan is approved. While the airport's other airlines have refused to bring all their flights into compliance with the voluntary curfew, Reno agreed to change its takeoff time so its planes would not be airborne until after 7 a.m. Reno Air officials could not be reached for comment, but the company's departure was confirmed by Victor Gill, spokesman for the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority. ``Reno Air has announced to us that they are leaving the end of February,'' Gill said. The decision was related to the acquisition of Reno Air by American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the in November, Gill said. American Airlines will have a different strategy on the West Coast, likely concentrating on flights out of LAX, Gill said. Gill does not expect the airline's departure will have much of an effect on Burbank Airport. Reno has only been there for a few months, and they were carrying only about 2 percent of the passenger load - 10,000 passengers a month out of the airport's 400,000 passengers per month. ``We're always sad to see a carrier leave, but as you know, they only got into the market two months ago,'' Gill said. ``There will not be a great disruption in service.'' Reno will no longer fly to San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , but Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. Southwest Airlines Co. flies there. Hence, the airport won't necessarily lose the passengers, who can use other airline services. ``I don't think it's going to be affecting us in the short term visibly,'' Gill said. ``Of course, there is the what-might-have-been scenario.'' The underlying concern is ``the hindrance hin·drance n. 1. a. The act of hindering. b. The condition of being hindered. 2. One that hinders; an impediment. See Synonyms at obstacle. of competition when you see airlines disappear from the marketplace.'' ``I would hope and believe so far that the Reno Air disappearance is not gong gong, percussion instrument consisting of a disk, usually with upturned edges, 3 ft (91 cm) or more in diameter in the modern orchestra, often made of bronze, and struck with a felt- or leather-covered mallet or drumstick. to mean that all of a sudden prices are going to jump,'' Gill said. |
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