Is Hooters Air Going Bust?
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Low-cost carrier Hooters Air is ending service at two Pennsylvania airports and apparently will depart the Tampa Bay, Fla., area for good next month, further clouding the future of the Myrtle Beach-based airline. Hooters Air is ending service to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton by March 26 and at the Lehigh Valley airport by April 17, Pennsylvania airport officials said. "Hooters is ceasing service pretty much everywhere," said Barry Centini, director of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport. Airline president Mark Peterson said Thursday evening he was "not ready to comment." He did immediately return a phone message Friday. Story Continues Below
At the Lehigh Valley International Airport near Allentown, airport board members said last month that Hooters owed the airport $1 million for fuel. Hooters Air has stopped selling flights at St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport after April 17. Airport director Noah Lagos said Peterson told him Friday that the airline hadn't decided on continuing its four weekly round trips to Allentown, Pa. But an Allentown airport executive e-mailed him that the airline was ending the flights next month and calling passengers with the news. "It appears Hooters Air is leaving our market," said Lagos. "They're looking at what markets they serve and I think they're trying to figure out if they're going to stay in business or not."
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