OCR Text |
Show rontier Officials Visit Moab; y L Again of Suspension Try w ,yoS(NVliiH WVl'lv fix, it ;,;! AJ ? by Willi-"" nvsKloni for local Si-rviv'o M.ukotit for the airline. Mr. Y.iiu wlm was nc-oompanied nc-oompanied to Moab by Kon-ihkIi Kon-ihkIi Smith, assistant to Uio pros Mont, stated, howovor, tli.it at somo time in Uio noar fiituro, Frontier Airlinos may officially fiU fop a suspension suspen-sion of sorvioo to Moat In nn ni tempt to Ret a firm indication in-dication from the Civil Aeronautics Aer-onautics Board as to what the airline might expect in the way of subsidies and policies pol-icies in tho future. Moab is not the only community com-munity on Frontier's system which might be affected by this action, Mr. Wavne stated. stat-ed. Ho said that fully half of the cities served by Frontier Fron-tier are in a similar category to Moab. Individual actions will probably be filed on other oth-er cities, he stated. Tho Vice President said that recently the airline had filed for suspension of service ta a small community in Oklahoma, and that "action had taken two years to resolve. re-solve. A similar time period mieht be expected in any other action, ho said. The final decision as to whether or not to file the Moab action has not been made, Mr. Wayne stated. Ho is currently investigating market reports and other economic ec-onomic considerations which might figure into the decision. decis-ion. "We will resume service r.s soon as the airport is finished, fin-ished, and we will dr. our best to make that service as successful as possible," ho said. A new station manager will be appointed to take over the Moab operation when it is ready to resume, he said. Station Managr Tim Mul-ville Mul-ville was hastilv transferred from Moab to Riverton, Wyoming Wyo-ming several weeks ago when Frontier first announced it was considering asking the CAB for authority to drop the community from its system. sys-tem. Robert Walker, director of aeronautics for the State of Utah, told The Times-Independent Tuesday that specifications speci-fications on the reconstruction reconstruc-tion project at Canyonlands Field would go out to bidders en Aug. 31. A bid opening has tentatively been set for Sept. 11 in Moab, and it is antici pated that all work can be completed under a priority program by Nov. 1. A report last week from Milton Weilenmann, Utah Di-ector Di-ector of Development Services, Ser-vices, to Don Hoffman, Grand County Econmic Develpment Director, indicated that Frontier Fron-tier officials had told the Utah official that they had given up their plan to file for suspension of service to Moab. At that time, however, howev-er, Utah Agencies authorized authoriz-ed its legal counsel, Deputy Attorney General Robert C. Campbell to intervene on behalf of Moab in the "event Frontier did actually decide at some future date to file for suspension. Whether or not Utah Agencies Agen-cies and Moab will have to take official action in opposition oppo-sition to a formal application applica-tion from Frontier, will depend de-pend on the decision of Frontier Fron-tier management following the investigation Mr. Wayne is now conducting. Mr. Wayne re-emphasized hi Moab Tuesday that it was a result of pilot protest, and not of company policy decision, de-cision, that service was suspended sus-pended to Moab in early July. The pilots refused to continue landing on the deteriorated de-teriorated runway, and we had no alternative but to go. along with them, he said. |