Scheduled Air Service Returns to Hot Springs
SeaPort Airlines will serve the community from a Memphis hub
Open house set for October 27 to celebrate, enter to win a Grizzlies package

Beginning October 26, Oregon-based SeaPort Airlines will serve Hot Springs from a private terminal at Memphis International Airport. The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded SeaPort Airlines the Essential Air Service (EAS) contract to operate flights to Hot Springs, El Dorado, Harrison and Jonesboro—all cities which have not received scheduled air service in over a year.

“SeaPort was proud to have been chosen by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to serve these communities,” said Kent Craford, CEO of SeaPort. “We have received a very warm welcome and look forward to rebuilding the air service that has been lost in these four communities.”

The EAS program has a goal of guaranteeing that small communities served by scheduled commercial air service before deregulation maintain such service. SeaPort will fly out of Memphis International Airport to each of these Arkansas communities three times a day every day except for Saturday.

SeaPort is offering an introductory offer of $49 each way to Hot Springs, Harrison and El Dorado and $29 each way to Jonesboro with three-week advance purchase.

An open house is set for Tuesday, October 27 from 1:45 to 4 p.m. inside the main terminal of the Hot Springs Memorial Field Airport located at 525 Airport Road. Scheduled to speak at the open house will be Hot Springs Mayor Mike Bush, Airport Manager, George Downie and SeaPort CEO, Kent Craford. There will be refreshments available and parking is located at the main terminal. For more information about the event, call Jackie with the Chamber of Commerce at 501-321-1700.

Enter for your chance to win a one night Memphis getaway brought to you by SeaPort Airlines.
Fly to Memphis in style on SeaPort Airlines to catch a Grizzlies game, stay overnight in a downtown hotel and return home the very next day.

In order to participate in this promotion, participants may either fly SeaPort’s Open House departing flight leaving Hot Springs at 3:45 pm on October 27, 2009 or may fill out an online entry form found at www.seaportair.com/contest. The winners will be contacted no later than November 6, 2009. This promotion is a giveaway to promote new air transportation offered by SeaPort Airlines. The selling of an airline ticket for the purpose of providing air transportation is separate and distinct from “the selling of tickets to win a prize.”
SeaPort launched in June of 2008 operating daily scheduled flights between Portland, Ore. and Seattle, Wash. out of its private terminal at Portland International Airport and Seattle’s Boeing Field. Since then, SeaPort has expanded its routes to three other Oregon destinations: Pendleton, Newport and Astoria. SeaPort allows customers to arrive just 15 minutes before their flight, park on-site for free and avoid the hassles of TSA.

SeaPort Airlines operates Swiss-built Pilatus PC-12s, a pressurized, fast and comfortable turbo-prop aircraft. SeaPort Airlines is a dba of Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, an FAA Part 135 Certified scheduled air carrier founded in 1983. SeaPort’s sister airline, Wings of Alaska, operates daily scheduled service between Juneau, Alaska and six outlying communities. Information can be found at www.wingsofalaska.com.

For reservations or more details about SeaPort Airlines, visit www.SeaPortAir.com or call 888-573-2767.