Pierre, Denver Air To End Flights To Minneapolis June 9th

Pierre, Denver Air To End Flights To Minneapolis June 9th

PIERRE (KCCR) — Declining enplanements are forcing Denver Air Connection and the City of Pierre to end twice-weekly flights to the Twin Cities. In four full months of service to Minneapolis enplanements for the Thursday and Sunday flights have fallen from a high of 99 in December to 73 in March…

Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Denver Air Jon Coleman says over the four full months of service the average enplanements per flight was 10…

June 9th will be the last Minneapolis flight with an all Denver schedule starting the following week…

Coleman says everyone worked hard to give Pierre residents what they wanted…

Emails will be sent to impacted customers in the near future. Coleman says full refunds will be given to passengers needing to make changes. He also offered to personally address any issues affected passengers may have.