Ask Peoria Station Returns!

I will soon be able to create more blog posts. Expect in the next few days the annual update on Peoria Int'l Airport air service. 

Meanwhile, you can ask questions here. If I don't have an answer, I'll find one. 

- David P. Jordan

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  1. itsanewpeoriabluJune 28, 2021 at 12:02 PM

    What do you think a timeline/likelihood for a Delta return to PIA?

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    1. David P. JordanJuly 11, 2021 at 8:28 PM

      It depends on the need to be competitive with AA. Caterpillar business travel will need to recover and that company will probably have to help lure DL back to PIA if it is going to happen.

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  2. BobloblawJune 29, 2021 at 12:08 AM

    Hello

    I recall flying a one stop routing on Ozark MIA-IND-PIA. It might have been April 1980. Can you please confirm or perhaps I’m mistaken in the routing.

    I also recall flying MIA-BNA-STL. Perhaps in April 1979.

    Thank you.

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  3. BobloblawJune 29, 2021 at 12:08 AM

    Hello

    I recall flying a one stop routing on Ozark MIA-IND-PIA. It might have been April 1980. Can you please confirm or perhaps I’m mistaken in the routing.

    I also recall flying MIA-BNA-STL. Perhaps in April 1979.

    Thank you.

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  4. BobloblawJune 29, 2021 at 12:08 AM

    Hello

    I recall flying a one stop routing on Ozark MIA-IND-PIA. It might have been April 1980. Can you please confirm or perhaps I’m mistaken in the routing.

    I also recall flying MIA-BNA-STL. Perhaps in April 1979.

    Thank you.

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  5. UnknownJune 29, 2021 at 11:04 AM

    Hi:

    I think in 1980 I flew Ozark on a onestop from MIA to PIA via IND. It would have been April 1980.

    I also think Ozark flew MIA-BNA-STL, in Spring 1979, as I recall taking this flight and stopping in BNA.

    Can you please confirm if my memory is correct? The MIA-IND-PIA, seems odd, but I do seem to recall that being the routing indeed.

    Thanks,

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    1. David P. JordanJuly 11, 2021 at 8:27 PM

      Ozark Air Lines began a daily DSM-PIA-IND-MIA itinerary on December 15, 1979. I believe it was discontinued February 1, 1980.

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  6. UnknownJuly 5, 2021 at 7:44 AM

    Hi do you have an Ozark Timetable from Spring 1980?

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  7. UnknownJuly 26, 2021 at 4:45 PM

    CN is planning a major upgrade to its (assumed) line from Springfield to Kansas City. How will they connect the CN line with the KCS in Springfield? Right now, Norfolk Southern provides a connection. I don't think NS will be keen on all that new traffic on their line.

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    1. David P. JordanAugust 7, 2021 at 2:27 PM

      If its planned merger with Kansas City Southern is approved by federal regulators, Canadian National plans to spend $250 million to create a viable route connecting Detroit and Chicago with Kansas City. Presently, CN has trackage rights along the joint UP-NS route from Iles to Hazel Dell, and UP-owned track to Cockrell (where KCS ownership starts) so it can serve an ADM Grain Co. elevator at Cockrell Station. A merger would most likely remove all barriers to through movements between CN and KCS lines. NS and UP could not prevent CN from adding traffic and multiple trains per day on this route. What I expect to happen, however, is that CN will make a deal with NS for a connection at Starnes (NE Springfield), enabling through traffic to shift to the future upgraded 10th Street corridor through town.

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