Great Lakes adds Denver-Telluride flights
Daily flights Thursday-Monday during February and March
By Heather Sackett
Associate Editor
For the months of February and March travelers will have more opportunities to get to and from Denver with the addition of flights through Great Lakes Airlines.
Telluride Montrose Regional Air Organization is subsidizing a daily Thursday-Monday flight. The flight will depart Denver at 3:45 p.m. and arrive in Telluride at 4:56 p.m. The crew will overnight in Telluride, with a morning flight departing back to Denver at 7:15 a.m., Friday through Monday. TMRAO will be covering the cost of de-icing the planes and lodging for the crew.
“We are blessed to have Great Lakes coming into Telluride,” said Telluride Tourism Board President and CEO Michael Martelon. “It’s a very important thing for us.”
Great Lakes approached TMRAO about adding the 19-seat flights. There are currently two daily roundtrip flights from Denver to Telluride, and the new agreement bumps that up to three, Martelon said.
Telluride Montrose Regional Air Organization is subsidizing a daily Thursday-Monday flight. The flight will depart Denver at 3:45 p.m. and arrive in Telluride at 4:56 p.m. The crew will overnight in Telluride, with a morning flight departing back to Denver at 7:15 a.m., Friday through Monday. TMRAO will be covering the cost of de-icing the planes and lodging for the crew.
“We are blessed to have Great Lakes coming into Telluride,” said Telluride Tourism Board President and CEO Michael Martelon. “It’s a very important thing for us.”
Great Lakes approached TMRAO about adding the 19-seat flights. There are currently two daily roundtrip flights from Denver to Telluride, and the new agreement bumps that up to three, Martelon said.
“If it continues doing what it’s doing right now outside, it can do nothing but help,” he said, referring to Monday’s snowfall.
The addition of another airline to the Telluride Regional Airport was the result of collaboration between TMRAO, the TTB and Telluride Ski & Golf Company. Late last year, the TTB and TMRAO began working together on strategic planning and marketing. The TTB oversees TMRAO’s operations, including personnel supervision and administration, fundraising and marketing.
Telluride Ski Resort Director of Sales and Marketing Ken Stone said Denver is not an originating market for skiers — in other words not many people fly here from the Front Range to ski — but the flights will nevertheless add convenience. Any additional flights into Telluride are a good thing, he said.
“It’s a great advantage for business travelers,” Stone said. “Over-nighting here is good because you can get an early morning flight out.”
United Airlines is also set to come back to the region this summer, the TTB announced last week. There will be twice-weekly service, Mondays and Wednesdays, from Houston to Montrose from June 12-Sept. 25, 2013.
“Following last summer’s great results, we are very pleased that our partner United Airlines will be operating the 2013 service without a revenue guarantee,” TMRAO Chief Operating Officer Matt Skinner said in a prepared statement. “We will do all we can to help make the flight a success again this summer, looking toward daily sustained summer service in the future.”
According to the TTB, the organization is in talks for return summer service on American Airlines from Dallas/Fort Worth to Montrose.
The addition of another airline to the Telluride Regional Airport was the result of collaboration between TMRAO, the TTB and Telluride Ski & Golf Company. Late last year, the TTB and TMRAO began working together on strategic planning and marketing. The TTB oversees TMRAO’s operations, including personnel supervision and administration, fundraising and marketing.
Telluride Ski Resort Director of Sales and Marketing Ken Stone said Denver is not an originating market for skiers — in other words not many people fly here from the Front Range to ski — but the flights will nevertheless add convenience. Any additional flights into Telluride are a good thing, he said.
“It’s a great advantage for business travelers,” Stone said. “Over-nighting here is good because you can get an early morning flight out.”
United Airlines is also set to come back to the region this summer, the TTB announced last week. There will be twice-weekly service, Mondays and Wednesdays, from Houston to Montrose from June 12-Sept. 25, 2013.
“Following last summer’s great results, we are very pleased that our partner United Airlines will be operating the 2013 service without a revenue guarantee,” TMRAO Chief Operating Officer Matt Skinner said in a prepared statement. “We will do all we can to help make the flight a success again this summer, looking toward daily sustained summer service in the future.”
According to the TTB, the organization is in talks for return summer service on American Airlines from Dallas/Fort Worth to Montrose.
For more information on this or Telluride area real estate, please contact Telluride Real Estate Corp. at 970-728-3111, info@telluriderealestatecorp.com, or visit www.telluriderealestatecorp.com.
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