Faulty jet ramp a 'setback' for Medford airport
MEDFORD (AP) - A design error has officials at the Medford airport trying to figure out what to do with a jet ramp that no longer matches up with the passenger terminal. The airport recently opened a new, 100,000-square-foot terminal that is three ti...
1.9K - Jun. 1, 2009; scored 509.0

SkyWest fixes 'no flights' glitch
Rumors fly when you have a low-ridership crisis such as the one Southwest Oregon Regional Airport officials have been dealing with on SkyWest Airlines' Portland flights. This week and last, apparently, the SkyWest Web site at united.com listed indi...
3.1K - Apr. 7, 2009; scored 894.0

Faulty de-icer cancels flight
Thirteen passengers who were to board United Express 5:30 a.m. flight to Portland from Southwest Oregon Regional Airport Monday didn t make their destination on time. The problem began with icy conditions on the taxiway, and when the de-icing equipm...
1.0K - Feb. 10, 2009; scored 428.0

Airport contest sends locals flying
Carol Shaw had planned to drive all the way to the Portland area to help her grandson celebrate his 4th birthday. Then she got a surprise. And so did another woman who needed to go to a job interview. They both won free flights to the big city in Sou...
5.4K - Jan. 29, 2009; scored 732.0

Low passenger count leads to new airport measures
NORTH BEND Airlines across the country have seen at least 10 percent cuts in passenger traffic recently, but in North Bend ridership linking with Portland has plummeted more than that. The problems airport officials face with the Portland-North Ben...
4.9K - Jan. 16, 2009; scored 1000.0