Info from a Google search..........41 News Wichita
The law creating the Kansas Affordable Airfares Program recommended establishing a regional airport for western Kansas, but it also allows any community that can prove it is lowering fares for a significant amount of Kansans to apply for the grant. 41 Action News found all of the money from the program was awarded to the Wichita Mid-continent Airport from 2006-2011. Airport officials say they used the money to lure low cost carriers Frontier Airlines and AirTran to Wichita. They say the additional airlines helped increased competition and reduce air fare prices. Valerie Wise with the Wichita Airport Authority explained, “Prior to AirTran starting service in 2002, Wichita had the 10th highest fares in the country.” “Our fares were 23 percent higher than the U.S. average so we can assume if we didn't have low cost carriers here today that our fares would again be about 23 percent higher than the U.S. average.” “They would be higher than they are today,” said Wise. In 2011, AirTran received $6.5 million from state and local funds to subsidize flights in and out of Wichita Read more: http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/local_ne...
Mr. Henderson, Info from a Google search..........41 News Wichita
The law creating the Kansas Affordable Airfares Program recommended establishing a regional airport for western Kansas, but it also allows any community that can prove it is lowering fares for a significant amount of Kansans to apply for the grant. 41 Action News found all of the money from the program was awarded to the Wichita Mid-continent Airport from 2006-2011. Airport officials say they used the money to lure low cost carriers Frontier Airlines and AirTran to Wichita. They say the additional airlines helped increased competition and reduce air fare prices. Valerie Wise with the Wichita Airport Authority explained, “Prior to AirTran starting service in 2002, Wichita had the 10th highest fares in the country.” “Our fares were 23 percent higher than the U.S. average so we can assume if we didn't have low cost carriers here today that our fares would again be about 23 percent higher than the U.S. average.” “They would be higher than they are today,” said Wise. In 2011, AirTran received $6.5 million from state and local funds to subsidize flights in and out of Wichita Read more: http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/local_ne...
If you were to be elected to office, would you support the State Of Kansas to continue subsidizing Air-Tran aka Southwest Airlines that operate 3 flight daily from Wichita to Atlanta ? Kansas for the past 5 years has given $4.86 million dollars PER year to Air-Tran. Southwest now is the owner operator through purchase and always operate in the black. Would you support this usage of taxpayer dollars? Thanks. Looking4Govt2StandUp4Us
Mr. Henderson, If you were to be elected to office, would you support the State Of Kansas to continue subsidizing Air-Tran aka Southwest Airlines that operate 3 flight daily from Wichita to Atlanta ? Kansas for the past 5 years has given $4.86 million dollars PER year to Air-Tran. Southwest now is the owner operator through purchase and always operate in the black. Would you support this usage of taxpayer dollars? Thanks.
Questionnaire: Willie Dove, 38th Kansas House District.
Mr Dove,
Info from a Google search..........41 News Wichita
The law creating the Kansas Affordable Airfares Program recommended establishing a regional airport for western Kansas, but it also allows any community that can prove it is lowering fares for a significant amount of Kansans to apply for the grant.
41 Action News found all of the money from the program was awarded to the Wichita Mid-continent Airport from 2006-2011.
Airport officials say they used the money to lure low cost carriers Frontier Airlines and AirTran to Wichita.
They say the additional airlines helped increased competition and reduce air fare prices.
Valerie Wise with the Wichita Airport Authority explained, “Prior to AirTran starting service in 2002, Wichita had the 10th highest fares in the country.”
“Our fares were 23 percent higher than the U.S. average so we can assume if we didn't have low cost carriers here today that our fares would again be about 23 percent higher than the U.S. average.”
“They would be higher than they are today,” said Wise.
In 2011, AirTran received $6.5 million from state and local funds to subsidize flights in and out of Wichita
Read more: http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/local_ne...
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October 26, 2012 at 11:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Questionnaire: Pete Henderson, 38th Kansas House District
Mr. Henderson,
Info from a Google search..........41 News Wichita
The law creating the Kansas Affordable Airfares Program recommended establishing a regional airport for western Kansas, but it also allows any community that can prove it is lowering fares for a significant amount of Kansans to apply for the grant.
41 Action News found all of the money from the program was awarded to the Wichita Mid-continent Airport from 2006-2011.
Airport officials say they used the money to lure low cost carriers Frontier Airlines and AirTran to Wichita.
They say the additional airlines helped increased competition and reduce air fare prices.
Valerie Wise with the Wichita Airport Authority explained, “Prior to AirTran starting service in 2002, Wichita had the 10th highest fares in the country.”
“Our fares were 23 percent higher than the U.S. average so we can assume if we didn't have low cost carriers here today that our fares would again be about 23 percent higher than the U.S. average.”
“They would be higher than they are today,” said Wise.
In 2011, AirTran received $6.5 million from state and local funds to subsidize flights in and out of Wichita
Read more: http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/local_ne...
http://www.basehorinfo.com/users/phot...
October 26, 2012 at 11:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Questionnaire: Pete Henderson, 38th Kansas House District
Mr Henderson,
If you were to be elected to office, would you REQUIRE the State of Kansas
purchase fleet vehicles from one of the USA auto makers ?
Or, would you support purchase of foreign manufactures for the Kansas fleet ?
Thanks,
Looking4Govt2StandUp4Us
October 26, 2012 at 10:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Questionnaire: Willie Dove, 38th Kansas House District.
Mr. Dove,
If you were to be elected to office, would you REQUIRE the State of Kansas
purchase fleet vehicles from one of the USA auto makers ?
Or, would you support purchase of foreign manufactures ?
Thanks
Looking4Govt2StandUp4Us
October 26, 2012 at 10:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Questionnaire: Willie Dove, 38th Kansas House District.
Mr. Dove,
If you were to be elected to office, would you support the State Of Kansas
to continue subsidizing Air-Tran aka Southwest Airlines that operate 3 flight
daily from Wichita to Atlanta ? Kansas for the past 5 years has given $4.86 million
dollars PER year to Air-Tran. Southwest now is the owner operator through purchase
and always operate in the black. Would you support this usage of taxpayer dollars?
Thanks.
Looking4Govt2StandUp4Us
October 26, 2012 at 10:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Questionnaire: Pete Henderson, 38th Kansas House District
Mr. Henderson,
If you were to be elected to office, would you support the State Of Kansas
to continue subsidizing Air-Tran aka Southwest Airlines that operate 3 flight
daily from Wichita to Atlanta ? Kansas for the past 5 years has given $4.86 million
dollars PER year to Air-Tran. Southwest now is the owner operator through purchase
and always operate in the black. Would you support this usage of taxpayer dollars?
Thanks.
Looking4Govt2StandUp4Us
October 26, 2012 at 10:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )