Thanks for the update. I was wondering what the deal was since I hadn't heard anything recently and wasn't going to waste my time going to the website. So now they changed their name to Northern Airlines? LOL...Ya..like I am really looking forward to this airline. It's been in the making for about the past five years...maybe more. A friend of mine who knows one of the founding investors, says the guy keeps saying..."in a couple months, in a couple months, in a couple months". Thanks again, Walter DCA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Schnell" <dks28@cornell.edu> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > Interesting visitor to Hancock International Airport (Syracuse -- SYR) > today: a TWA 717. Apparently Boeing was in town trying to peddle the 717 > to startup Northern Airlines, which originally planned to begin service > late this year (after nine years of planning). Not surprising, Boeing > was very positive on making Syracuse into a hub city for an airline. > > Word today, though, was that there are financial problems and the start > of operations will likely get pushed back at least into 2003. Northern > had been in negotiations with the Pyramid Group--currently building the > largest mall in the US in Syracuse, DestiNY USA--to partner with the > mall and rename themselves DestiNY Airlines. Those negotiations have > apparently fallen through and, at present, the idea is off the table. > > I know you've been following this one for a while Walter. Looks like a > bit longer before you can take your first flight from SYR as a hub city. > > --Doug >