A second airline from Iceland will begin offering Northeast Ohioans routes to Europe. A day after Icelandair announced flights from Cleveland , budget airline WOW says it will do the same. Service is scheduled to begin in May next year. Both ai

Ohio Lawmaker Wants Two New Airport Hubs

Jun 2nd, 2017 47s

A Republican state lawmaker says companies have left Ohio because of a lack of access to air travel. He says Ohio can bring back jobs and more flights by building two new regional hub airports, one in the southwest and one in the northeast. Sou

Dehubbing the Region's Airports Means a Different but Not Necessarily Bad Future

May 24th, 2016 4m 31s

Flying in America changed after airline deregulation in 1978. It evolved toward dominance by big carriers along a path of consolidation and centralization of services. Now, there are handful of national ‘hub’ airports through which most passeng

Akron-Canton Airport Is Moving Out of the Shadow of the Hub

May 17th, 2016 4m 45s

Akron-Canton Airport has seen increasing air traffic since the mid-1990s. But in the past two years, it’s faced new challenges with one airline cutting service, and others shifting some flights to Cleveland Hopkins Airport to fill the void left

There are Both Positive and Negative Outcomes from Cleveland Hopkins Airport De-hubbing

May 10th, 2016 4m 47s

Concourse “D” at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport has sat empty since May of 2014 when United Airlines shut-down its hub. Since then, predictions that the de-hubbing would deal a devastating blow to the region have not come true. In part

What Has the Loss of Hub Status Done to Northeast Ohio?

May 3rd, 2016 4m 49s

In 2014 United Airlines said it was shutting down its hub at Cleveland Hopkins Airport. This came after the U.S. Airways hub closing in Pittsburgh and Delta drastically scaling back operations at its Cincinnati hub. In the first part of our ser

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