-RBBTo help get Wow Air to begin the regular flights from St. Louis to Iceland that were announced last week, local officials pledged $800,000 in marketing incentives plus a waiver of 18 months of landing fees that could amount to $392,000.
But the budget airline, through which travelers can connect from Iceland to several European cities, isn’t getting all the money up front. And it must meet certain requirements.
Jeff Lea, a spokesman for St. Louis Lambert International Airport, said Wow Air must continue flying here for two years after its expected start of service next May to get the landing fees waived.
If it doesn’t meet its two-year obligation, he said, it will be required to pay fees for all its landings.
The marketing money — $200,000 from Lambert and $600,000 from the St. Louis County Port Authority — is to be paid in increments over the same two-year period.
The money wouldn’t go to the airline directly but to ad agencies or other third-party service providers hired by Wow to market its St. Louis service.
The airline’s agreement with the county requires Wow to first win county World Trade Center approval of a comprehensive marketing plan.
Wow could qualify for six quarterly county installments of up to $100,000 each over two years but only after the Lambert incentives were used first.
But an installment would be reduced proportionally if Wow failed to maintain an average of 3.5 departures from Lambert a week during the quarter-year in question. Last week’s announcement said Wow would begin four flights a week on May 17.
The agreement also says the incentive deal terminates if the airline fails to initiate service on the new route by July 1 and does not continuously operate. Ceasing flight operations at Lambert also would void the agreement.
The port authority and the trade center are both part of the city-county Economic Development Partnership.
Nice. Should finish around 14.7/14.8 million passengers for the year. Not quite 15, but definitely on pace for it in the next year or two (provided travel demand doesn't plummet).jshank83 wrote: ↑Aug 28, 2017July numbers are out.
up 7.2% for the month over July 2016
up 6.1% on the year
Aircraft departures up 11% for the month
https://www.flystl.com/uploads/document ... 7_ATAS.pdf
I can't speak to him saying MCI is better for expansion because if he said that it is just dumb. That airport is horrible for expansion. With regard to the cursed line he was just talking about single sided airports in general when someone mentioned the walk. It wasn't really a direct shot at STL. I also don't think it is that big of a deal. Oakland has really long walks also. I think theirs is longer than ours. Vegas is WAYYYYYYYY longer. I felt like I needed to get a cab to walk from one end to the other there.Chalupas54 wrote: ↑Aug 29, 2017These last few weeks have been really big for STL. Applause to the route development team at the airport. Interesting to see some reactions from other nearby airports to the strong growth at STL. @JustinMeyerKC, who I assume is employed at KCI, made some inferences that KCI would be better suited for SWA expansion than in STL. He also stated that STL is 'cursed' because of Concourse E being single-side. I tend to disagree. Although the walk from the checkpoint is starting to get longer, I really do not see it posing any different than an airport like BNA, where the SWA gates are quite a haul from Security. Even if this began to pose a major problem ( which it won't), I could easily see STL pulling a LAX style gate shift to accommodate SWA.
I believe he meant more that MCI would be better for SW expansion provided it had a decent terminal layout, because its actual location in the country is pretty good. Man, what an unmitigated disaster that terminal design has been for MCI...
This hasn't updated the newest Southwest gates but it would be at 43 in use. This doesn't count E40 or the per turn gates that get used in C and A.mjbais1489 wrote: ↑Aug 29, 2017How many gates does STL use? I've seen proposals for KCI that would have just 25 gates. I think most proposals have 35 gates but 25 gates seems like a really small amount?
Wow that's a lot less then I would have thought. Guess I never really thought about that.jshank83 wrote: ↑Aug 29, 2017This hasn't updated the newest Southwest gates but it would be at 43 in use. This doesn't count E40 or the per turn gates that get used in C and A.mjbais1489 wrote: ↑Aug 29, 2017How many gates does STL use? I've seen proposals for KCI that would have just 25 gates. I think most proposals have 35 gates but 25 gates seems like a really small amount?
https://www.flystl.com/uploads/document ... m_2017.pdf
STL is not in the range for a 757 flight to LHR.Chalupas54 wrote: ↑Aug 29, 2017Also, is anyone following the AA rumors? Apparently they will be adding an LHR route soon. A.net people are saying a retrofitted 757/767. Any thoughts?
Nothing all the exciting.
I have Global Entry and PreCheck. Really awesome.gary kreie wrote:My wife and I signed up for Global Entry in late June for a September trip. The St. Louis interview schedule had no openings before October. Memphis had interview openings in August. All other nearby cities were even later. But then we noticed that Chicago had interview openings in just a few days -- late June. So we scheduled one and drove up to O'hare and back the same day for the interview. It costs $100 but lasts 5 years. It speeds re-entry into the US from abroad, and you get pre-TSA all the time for domestic flights too. Interview was on or head of scheduled time. They ask a few questions and take finger prints.
Is the global entry interview different from the PreCheck interview? Precheck was very easy to get an appointment and when I missed my original appointment in Brentwood I just walked into the TSA office a few days later before a flight in T1 and was in and out in 10 minutes.gary kreie wrote: ↑Aug 31, 2017My wife and I signed up for Global Entry in late June for a September trip. The St. Louis interview schedule had no openings before October. Memphis had interview openings in August. All other nearby cities were even later. But then we noticed that Chicago had interview openings in just a few days -- late June. So we scheduled one and drove up to O'hare and back the same day for the interview. It costs $100 but lasts 5 years. It speeds re-entry into the US from abroad, and you get pre-TSA all the time for domestic flights too. Interview was on or head of scheduled time. They ask a few questions and take finger prints.
I only have precheck and like you said, it was quick. I think Global has more checks because it is customs related. I think it might be in T2 at STL.dabeags wrote: ↑Sep 01, 2017Is the global entry interview different from the PreCheck interview? Precheck was very easy to get an appointment and when I missed my original appointment in Brentwood I just walked into the TSA office a few days later before a flight in T1 and was in and out in 10 minutes.gary kreie wrote: ↑Aug 31, 2017My wife and I signed up for Global Entry in late June for a September trip. The St. Louis interview schedule had no openings before October. Memphis had interview openings in August. All other nearby cities were even later. But then we noticed that Chicago had interview openings in just a few days -- late June. So we scheduled one and drove up to O'hare and back the same day for the interview. It costs $100 but lasts 5 years. It speeds re-entry into the US from abroad, and you get pre-TSA all the time for domestic flights too. Interview was on or head of scheduled time. They ask a few questions and take finger prints.
I guess I don't know if it is different. Did they take finger prints in the PreCheck interview? Sounds similar. I went to the GOES web site to sign up for Global Entry.dabeags wrote: ↑Sep 01, 2017Is the global entry interview different from the PreCheck interview? Precheck was very easy to get an appointment and when I missed my original appointment in Brentwood I just walked into the TSA office a few days later before a flight in T1 and was in and out in 10 minutes.gary kreie wrote: ↑Aug 31, 2017My wife and I signed up for Global Entry in late June for a September trip. The St. Louis interview schedule had no openings before October. Memphis had interview openings in August. All other nearby cities were even later. But then we noticed that Chicago had interview openings in just a few days -- late June. So we scheduled one and drove up to O'hare and back the same day for the interview. It costs $100 but lasts 5 years. It speeds re-entry into the US from abroad, and you get pre-TSA all the time for domestic flights too. Interview was on or head of scheduled time. They ask a few questions and take finger prints.
Yes you are fingerprinted for Precheck. When I got mine back in 2013 the only place you could get it in STL was in Chesterfield Valley at a company that did employment background checks. It appears they have a bunch of locations now.gary kreie wrote: ↑Sep 01, 2017I guess I don't know if it is different. Did they take finger prints in the PreCheck interview? Sounds similar. I went to the GOES web site to sign up for Global Entry.dabeags wrote: ↑Sep 01, 2017Is the global entry interview different from the PreCheck interview? Precheck was very easy to get an appointment and when I missed my original appointment in Brentwood I just walked into the TSA office a few days later before a flight in T1 and was in and out in 10 minutes.gary kreie wrote: ↑Aug 31, 2017My wife and I signed up for Global Entry in late June for a September trip. The St. Louis interview schedule had no openings before October. Memphis had interview openings in August. All other nearby cities were even later. But then we noticed that Chicago had interview openings in just a few days -- late June. So we scheduled one and drove up to O'hare and back the same day for the interview. It costs $100 but lasts 5 years. It speeds re-entry into the US from abroad, and you get pre-TSA all the time for domestic flights too. Interview was on or head of scheduled time. They ask a few questions and take finger prints.
https://goes-app.cbp.dhs.gov/goes/jsp/l ... 1787519278
