By Mark Scott
Jamestown, NY – The Chautauqua County Airport in Jamestown will begin direct passenger service to Dulles International Airport in Washington after the first of the year.
In 1982, the Chautauqua County Airport had 84,000 passengers per year. This year, says airport manager Dave Sanctuary, they'll be lucky to see 8,400 passengers.
Colgan Airlines has been offering passenger service between Jamestown and Pittsburgh. Thursday, Colgan announced a new partnership with United Airlines in which the Pittsburgh service will be replaced with three daily round-trip flights to Washington.
The new passenger service between Jamestown and Washington will begin January 7th. There will be three daily roundtrip flights, and two each on Saturdays and Sundays.
Sanctuary says the fares will be competitive.
Sanctuary says he's hoping more Chautauqua County businesses will use the Jamestown airport rather than sending employees through airports in Buffalo and Erie.