BURBANK : Reno Air Service OKd for Airport
Reno Air, a new airline serving the West Coast, was given approval to begin service out of Burbank Airport Monday in a vote by the Burbank Airport Commission.
The airline will start service with four daily, round-trip flights to San Francisco from Burbank on Oct. 15. Two of the flights continue on to Portland, and two continue to Seattle.
The airport commission approved the new service by a 6-0 vote, with three commissioners absent.
Reno Air will be using MD-80 jets, among the quietest jets now available to commercial airlines. The company will be the fifth commercial airline to fly from Burbank Airport. The addition of the new airline comes six months after an expansion by Burbank Airport’s largest carrier, Southwest.
The added flights also come as the city of Los Angeles prepares for a court battle on a lawsuit it hopes will force the airport to study potential noise problems associated with the construction of a larger terminal to be completed by 2010.
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