Article: Salt Lake City Airport Keen on Securing Non-Stop Flight to London.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 8 -- The next few years could be Salt Lake City International Airport's best and possibly last chance to obtain a prized direct flight to London.

A few slots remain open at the Gatwick Airport. In a few years, those slots are likely to be filled. Once that happens, getting a direct flight to London could become considerably harder.

"That's one of the reasons we've felt a real sense of urgency on this," says Stan Parrish, chairman of the Utah Air Travel Commission, which has the role of pushing for new air routes.

None of this is new. The Salt Lake City International Airport long has coveted a ...

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