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Article: Stewart Airport in Middletown, N.Y., Area May Get New Airline Service.
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- The Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2003
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Byline: Nicoletta Koveos
Oct. 1--STEWART AIRPORT, N.Y.--A new airline could be serving the airport in as soon as three months.
At a Stewart Airport Commission meeting yesterday, Kiran Jain, the airport's marketing director, told the commission that the airport is "pretty close" to a deal with a new carrier.
Jain wouldn't give many details but when Lou Heimbach, the commission's vice chairman, asked if it would be an airline anyone knew, Jain responded, "I would hope it's a name you recognize, yeah."
The airport had most recently attracted carriers that were relatively unknown, such as discount carriers Southeast Airlines and ...