Mesa details latest Chicago links
Mesa Airlines has announced schedules and prices for the three Illinois services, due to start on February 1, 2007.
The flights will be operated by the carrier's subsidiary Air Midwest and will connect the cities of Decatur, Marion, and Quincy with Chicago Midway.
One-way journeys between the Windy City and Decatur start at $84, or from $108 round-trip, and tickets from Marion or Quincy cost from $99, or upwards of $138 round-trip. Taxes and charges are extra.
Monday through Saturday, services will leave Quincy Regional Airport at 9.35am, arriving in Midway at 10.35am, with flights at 6.55pm Sunday through Friday that touch down at 8pm.
On the return leg, planes leave Chicago at 11am, returning to the gates at Quincy at 12.05pm Monday through Saturday; departing at 5.35pm Sunday through Friday for a 6.40pm landing.
From Decatur, planes will leave at 7.05am Monday through Saturday, at 11.40am on Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, as well as at 4.15pm Sunday through Friday, touching down in Midway at 8am, 12.40pm and 5.10pm respectively. Departing Chicago at 8.30am on Monday, Thursday, and Friday, at 1.05pm and 8.25pm Sunday through Friday and at 10am on Saturdays, all flights touch down at Decatur Airport one hour later.
Marion flights will depart at 6.10am Monday through Saturday, at 10.45am on Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, and at 3.20pm Sunday through Friday each week, reaching Chicago at 8am, 12.40pm and 5.10pm. Coming back, flights leave at 8.30am on Monday, Thursday, and Friday, at 10am on Saturdays, as well as at 1.05pm and 8.25pm Sunday through Friday, landing at 10.25am, 11.55am, 3pm and 10.20pm.
Mesa's link between Chicago Midway and Williamson County Regional Airport, near Marion, requires one connecting stop.
Commenting on the announcement, Mesa's Jeffrey Hartz said: "We have been working hard with each community to bring service back to Chicago. We look forward to serving each community for a very long time."
More than 1,300 Mesa flights depart for 173 cities, 43 states, Canada, Mexico and the Bahamas every day.
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