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PA Gov. Rendell ready to raise bid to retain US Airways...
Friday, June 13, 2003
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell says he is more optimistic about keeping US Airways at its hubs in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
The Democratic governor said in an interview yesterday both he and David Siegel, the airline''s chief executive officer, were encouraged by the results of a meeting Wednesday in Washington, D.C., that brought together state, local and airline officials to talk about the airline''s future.
At the meeting, Rendell offered the airline a $269.3 million package for its operations in the state, well short of the airline''s request for as much as $864 million. The state''s share of the package would be $23.5 million.
"I know that some people here say, ''Screw US Airways,'' let''s boot them out of here and we''ll find someone else to come in. Understand, nobody will put a hub in Pittsburgh," Rendell told a meeting of the American Bar Association last night. "You may get Southwest [Airlines] in here to do point-to-point, but nobody will put a hub in Pittsburgh.
One last component involved a new partnership between Beaver County Commissioner Dan Donatella and Washington County Commissioner John Bevec.
In signing the agreement, the Beaver and Washington commissioners pledged to pick up at least $22.5 million associated with the building of a new US Airways training center and reservations center. The deal was structured to provide something for everybody.
While the airline will dictate the ultimate location of either facility, the two commissioners already have an informal agreement about what will go where.
Donatella wants the proposed 50,000-square-foot reservations center in Beaver County, currently home to 5,000 airport employees, and wants to build it in the Hopewell Industrial Park, along Route 60.
Friday, June 13, 2003
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell says he is more optimistic about keeping US Airways at its hubs in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
The Democratic governor said in an interview yesterday both he and David Siegel, the airline''s chief executive officer, were encouraged by the results of a meeting Wednesday in Washington, D.C., that brought together state, local and airline officials to talk about the airline''s future.
At the meeting, Rendell offered the airline a $269.3 million package for its operations in the state, well short of the airline''s request for as much as $864 million. The state''s share of the package would be $23.5 million.
"I know that some people here say, ''Screw US Airways,'' let''s boot them out of here and we''ll find someone else to come in. Understand, nobody will put a hub in Pittsburgh," Rendell told a meeting of the American Bar Association last night. "You may get Southwest [Airlines] in here to do point-to-point, but nobody will put a hub in Pittsburgh.
One last component involved a new partnership between Beaver County Commissioner Dan Donatella and Washington County Commissioner John Bevec.
In signing the agreement, the Beaver and Washington commissioners pledged to pick up at least $22.5 million associated with the building of a new US Airways training center and reservations center. The deal was structured to provide something for everybody.
While the airline will dictate the ultimate location of either facility, the two commissioners already have an informal agreement about what will go where.
Donatella wants the proposed 50,000-square-foot reservations center in Beaver County, currently home to 5,000 airport employees, and wants to build it in the Hopewell Industrial Park, along Route 60.
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