Airport
Fighting to Regain Altitude: ITH Director Facing Challenges
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After facing a pandemic, Ithaca airport Director Roxan Noble is now also juggling American Airlines’ decision to discontinue service at ITH.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/ithaca-tompkins-regional-airport/)
After facing a pandemic, Ithaca airport Director Roxan Noble is now also juggling American Airlines’ decision to discontinue service at ITH.
This March, Ithaca Tompkins International Airport will stop providing direct flights to Washington Dulles International Airport in favor of a new direct route to Newark Liberty International Airport.
Ithaca Tompkins International Airport provides a vital travel option to Cornell students from far afield, continuing operations through the pandemic.
The Tompkins County Health Department completed a “thorough contact investigation” for people that the individual may have come in contact with, a press release stated.
To the editor:
Among Cornellians who have caught wind of the Tompkins County Airport expansion project, support for the initiative seems strong. If followed through with, local air travel will no longer look the same. Yes, Cornell students applying for high-salary jobs in cities ranging from Toronto to London will be able to more easily travel to interviews. Sure, President Pollack’s non-public roster of endless global expeditions will occur with greater ease. But those truly paying attention realize that these perceived benefits to our Ivy League institution will come at a deep expense to the larger community — one that’s already immeasurably burdened by our wealthy school’s shockingly low local tax contributions.
United Airlines is offering two nonstop flights daily from Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport starting Oct. 4.
The airport, which hasn’t been upgraded in 25 years, is currently equipped with passenger screening equipment that only meets pre-9/11 standards and lacks dining area past the security checkpoint.