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Department of Transportation’s Alternate Essential Air Service program since April 2018.

Say you get rerouted to somewhere else, Kiwi provides their own guarantee-protection so that if that first flight gets delayed or canceled, Kiwi will take care of that.”Ĭontour Airlines has offered flights between Crescent City and Oakland through a subsidy from the U.S. “They allow you to book tickets that cross multiple airlines that don’t work together. “We used to partner with Kiwi, so I know that business quite well,” Goldstein said. and Mexico via Oakland International Airport. Goldstein also touted virtual interline services such as Kiwi, which offers single-ticket itineraries from Crescent City to elsewhere in the U.S. The BCRAA also heard a presentation from Adam Goldstein, founder of the now-defunct travel website Hipmunk, who offered price comparisons between Oakland International Airport and Sacramento International Airport, insight into American Airlines and his opinion that flights from the Bay Area to Del Norte County are more attractive for tech companies. “This all started with a text message from Chris about how to take advantage of the American Airlines agreement, which doesn’t really do anything if we’re flying into an airport that AA doesn’t serve,” Chaifetz said. According to Chaifetz, the conversation surrounding Sacramento began with a text message to him from Del Norte County Supervisor and BCRAA representative Chris Howard.Īccording to Chaifetz, Howard asked about how the BCRAA could take advantage of a new interline agreement between Contour and American Airlines, which offers single-ticket connection options to travelers from both carriers.

The joint powers authority reached its decision after hearing from Contour Airlines CEO Matt Chaifetz, who said the Smyrna, Tennessee-based carrier isn’t pushing for a change. Photo courtesy of Contour Airlinesĭeciding there were more pros than cons about staying with Oakland versus moving to Sacramento, the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority voted Thursday to keep Contour Airlines flights out of Del Norte County status quo.

Contour Airlines was asked not to change its flights from Crescent City to Oakland.