Editor’s note: This is part two in a guest commentary by experienced transportation official Wes Frysztacki about possible solutions to Bellingham’s airport woes. See part one here.
Bellingham International Airport needs creative solutions to compete for its share of the regional travel business. One doesn’t have to travel far to see possible elements.
Last week’s commentary focused on jetways at a comparable-sized airport in Billings, Montana. Other examples, at airports in the same market, are closer to home: Everett’s Paine Field also has the newest concept in jetway design — glass walls along the jetway. Paine Field is working to increase its market share and get airlines to redeploy flights from SeaTac to Paine Field…