I didn't remember that one. I had left Lakefront and was in Chicago at the time. Went to YNG in 1980. Thanks Joe Al ----- Original Message ----- From: <JoeThree@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 9:07 AM Subject: Re: Cleveland Burke Airport > Don't forget that the original Midway Airlines flew into Burke from MDW > when > they began operations in 1979. > > Midway's original cities were Detroit, Cleveland, and Kansas City. Midway > planned to serve alternate airports in all three, but was forced to serve > Metro > instead of City at Detroit, and International (MCI) instead of Municipal > (MKC) > at Kansas City, due to local opposition. Midway was allowed to serve Burke > instead of Hopkins at Cleveland, but traffic didn't meet expectations, so > Midway > moved to Hopkins a year or two later. > > Joe Wolf > > In a message dated 6/2/2005 20:19:25 Central Daylight Time, > exatc@xxxxxxxxxx > writes: > There was consumer reluctance to the turboprops. > I think they expanded or tried to expand too fast (Wright Airlines). They > were formed by the merger of Wright Airlines (Part 135), TAG Airliners > (lost > a wing over Lake Erie) and Air Commuter (Part 135). They dropped routes > (Lima-Hopkins) as an example that they'd carry 6-8 passengers each trip > for > longer flights that didn't pay off. They were about to go under when the > banks asked Gibby SIngerman to take it over. He brought in the CV440's > and > eventually the CV600's and they started to make a go of it. Then Gibby > and > a partner started Midwest Air Charter (Air Ohio) hauling cancelled checks > and then small courier stuff. He's the guy that proved the banks could > save > money flying cancelled checks at night. Later he moved the operation > from > Lakefront to Lorain County (22G) and ultimately to Wilmington (OH). This > then became Airborne Express. Gibby sold it out to it's current? owners. > I > forget what caused the demise of Wright. > Al