Tee times
Travelers arriving at McCarran Airport can now reserve tee times and sign up for VIP access to area nightclubs at a kiosk located between the airports two baggage-claim areas.
The kiosk, which is operated as a partnership between Las Vegas Preferred Tee Times and Vegas-Passport, also will act as a will-call location for those who have purchased Vegas-Passport services through third-party travel and tour companies.
For more information, contact Vegas-Passport at (877) 225-8284.
LAS VEGAS -- Its
no wonder that McCarran Airport is reporting record traffic.
Practically every month brings more announcements about increased
airlift to the city.
The following is
an update on whats happening with flights into and out of Las
Vegas:
" Starting March
1, America West Airlines will begin jet service
between its Las Vegas hub and Boise, Idaho, as well as Albuquerque,
N.M. The carrier also initiated another
flight between Las Vegas and Ontario, Calif., and, in February,
began additional service between Las Vegas and Burbank as well as
Oakland, Calif.
America West
Express, operated by Mesa Airlines, will provide the service using
an 86-passenger Canadair Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900).
America West also
increased its service between Las Vegas and the Mexican cities of
Puerto Vallarta and Los Cabos from four times a week to
daily. In addition, the carrier will
inaugurate nonstop service between Las Vegas and Pittsburgh and
Anchorage on April 3 and May 1, respectively.
The carrier will
use the 150-seat Airbus 320 on the Pittsburgh route and the
124-seat airbus 319 for the Anchorage service.
America West also
announced new service from Las Vegas to Oklahoma City as well as
the California cities of Bakersfield and Long Beach. Flights to Oklahoma City will start May 6, while
service to Bakersfield and Long Beach is set to begin April 3 and
April 29, respectively. America West
Express will provide the new service.
Also beginning
April 29, the carrier will add a roundtrip flight between Las Vegas
and San Diego and Tucson, Ariz.
More information
is available at (800) 235-9292 or at www.americawest.com or, for agents, www.hpagentlink.com.
" Alaska
Airlines will extend its schedule of thrice-weekly flights
between Anchorage and Las Vegas through the summer. Flights offered on the winter schedule -- on Fridays,
Saturdays and Sundays -- also will be offered during summer
months. For more information, log on to
www.alaskaair.com.
" Californias
Palmdale Regional Airport, located in the Antelope
Valley on a 60-acre site on U.S. Air Force Plant 42, reopened for
scheduled commercial air service with the commencement of
Scenic Airlines nonstop service between Palmdale
and North Las Vegas Airport.
For the past six
years, the Palmdale airport served as a commercial airport for
occasional charter operations.
Scenic, which
operates as both a sightseeing tour operator and a regional air
carrier, initially will offer 10 weekly roundtrip flights using a
19-passenger De Havilland Twin Otter Vistaliner aircraft. Regular
fares start at $79 one way.
Scenics North Las
Vegas terminal is a 25-minute drive from the Las Vegas Strip. The
carrier offers complimentary door-to-door shuttle service between
its terminal, hotels on the Strip and McCarran. To book, call (800) 634-6801 or visit www.scenic.com.
" Hooters
Air in February began twice-weekly service between the
Greater Rockford Airport in Rockford, Ill., and Las Vegas.
The new service will be operated by the Myrtle
Beach, S.C.-based carrier using Boeing 737 and Boeing 757 aircraft
and will feature Hooters Girls on every flight. Fares start at $99
per person, one way. For more
information or reservations, call (888) 359-4668 or visit www.hootersair.com.
"
Mexicana Airlines launched thrice-weekly, nonstop
service between Las Vegas and Los Cabos, Mexico. Flights depart Las Vegas on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays and return Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. For more information or reservations, call (800)
531-7921 or visit www.mexicana.com.
"
Independence Air headed west with nonstop flights
between Washington Dulles Airport and McCarran starting March
1. The carrier will use its new Airbus
A319 aircraft for the twice-daily service. For more information, call (800) FLY-FLYI or visit www.flyi.com.
To contact
the reporter who wrote this article, send e-mail to Amy Baratta at
[email protected].