PIERRE — SkyWest may have lost the current Essential Air Service contract to provide commercial air service to Pierre but the regional carrier seems to want to return to the Capital City. That’s the impression Airport Liaison to the Pierre City Commission Jamie Huizenga got from a letter sent to him by SkyWest officials…
Huizenga says the Pierre Regional Airport was in a bad spot when SkyWest won an emergency bid after California Pacific Airlines abandoned their E-A-S contract…
It’s the last line of the letter that indicates to Huizenga that SkyWest will submit a bid again to serve Pierre….
The letter states that enplanements at Pierre Regional Airport increased a quote “impressive 61-percent” since SkyWest began service to Pierre.
