Peoria Station

The General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport has a new director. Gene Olson, currently serving as assistant airport manager at Evansville Regional Airport in Indiana, will take the helm on June 15.
Olson is a native Peoria. Having gone on to Augustana College in Rock Island after graduating from Peoria High School in 1979, he [...]

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PEORIA – As expected, United Parcel Service’s decision to end Decatur flights and DHL’s decision to end Bloomington-Normal flights  have dramatically increased air cargo volume at the Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport. Saturday’s Peoria Journal Star reports:
” Heard that while passenger numbers continue to decline, freight numbers are up dramatically thanks to United Parcel Services’ [...]

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PEORIA -  The job to construct the new  terminal building at the General Wayne A Downing Peoria International Airport will go to a local firm. According to the Peoria Journal Star, Peoria Heights-based Williams Brothers Construction put in the low bid of $23.3 million. Work may start within three months.
The terminal is scheduled to open by October [...]

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Northwest Airlink is expanding at Bloomington-Normal’s Central Illinois Regional Airport, the Pantagraph reports. Beginning June 4, the airline will offer a daily roundtrip between CIRA and Minneapolis/St. Paul (a hub for Delta’s subsidiary, Northwest Airlines). The service was last offered in 2003. A 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet will be used for the new flight. Also on that day, [...]

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 PEORIA – Atlantic Southeast Airlines dba Delta Connection, resumed a second daily roundtrip flight between Peoria and Atlanta today.
Flights arrive from the Georgia capital at 9:25am and 3:42pm. Those flights leave Peoria at 9:50am and 4:07pm. Note the absence of a “Remain-Over-Night” (RON) flight, which are convenient for business travelers.
With the economy in a tailspin, it’s good to [...]

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Site construction at the new $64 million terminal complex for the Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport has been underway since October, so the $3 million Federal grant presented a few days ago is hardly earth-shattering news.
The reason I’m blogging about this is because I wish to bring attention to an annoying error that [...]

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Allegiant Air has picked Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) rather than one of the area’s multiple satellite airports as its newest destination city. Peoria is not among the initial dozen points to be served from Los Angeles, but if service proves successful, it could benefit from subsequent expansion.
The airliner enthusiast community had speculated that San [...]

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PEORIA – For the third time in little more than two years, a sitting president has visited Peoria. President Barack Obama arrived at Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport just after 2:30 this afternoon. Following his speech at Caterpillar’s Building HH in East Peoria, the president returned to his plane which then departed for Springfield so he [...]

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UPS A300B4-600 shown Friday evening, February 6 at PIA cargo terminal. The aircraft arrived from Rockford at 10:09pm, touching down on Runway 22 (NE quadrant). Shortly after 11:00pm, the aircraft made its departure to Louisville by taxiing to Runway 13 at the airports NW quadrant.
PEORIA – Thanks to a comment on a previous post about [...]

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Allegiant Air is asking the public to guess their next destination city to win a trip for two to that city. At the link provided, a list of twelve cities is provided, which besides the “new sunny destination” description gives a clue to the actual destination. All are located west of the Mississippi River, ensuring that [...]

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