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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAirport.Agenda.04-07-1992AGENDA CAPE GIRARDEAU AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1992, 4:00 P.M. PILOT'S CLUB I. Call to order. project. V. Old business. II. Approval of minutes of March lo, 1992, meeting. III. Update on 1992 Air Show. IV. Update on airport terminal building project. V. Old business. VI. New business. VII. Adjourn. The Airport Board of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, may as a part of a study session or regular or special Airport Board meeting hold a closed session to discuss legal actions, causes of legal action or litigation, leasing, purchasing or sale of real estate, hiring, firing, promotion of personnel or employee labor relations. MEMORANDUM TO: Airport Advisory Board FROM: Douglas K. Leslie, Public Works Director dy— DATE: April 9, 1992 SUBJECT: Update on Projects Since we were unable to meet this week, I wanted to make you aware of the status of various projects ongoing at the airport. The first of these involves the new lease agreement with Cape Central Airways. The proposed lease that you reviewed at the March 10 meeting was presented to the City Council at their March 16 meeting. The Council had some comments and concerns regarding adequate insurance coverage for the fuel farm operation related to fuel storage tanks, for the existing site, and the proposed new site. We renegotiated these items with Mark Spatz, and the revised lease was presented to the Council at their April 6 meeting. The lease was approved by City Council Resolution, has been executed, and is now in effect. We feel like the new lease agreement will be beneficial for long term develop-ment of the airport and for Mr. Spatz and his operation of Cape Central. At your March 10 meeting, you were informed that the City was �. working on a contract with Sides Construction Company for the renovation of the airport terminal building. As you recall, Sides Construction was the low bidder in the bid letting, but we were having some difficulty in FAA accepting the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise efforts indicated by Sides. After nearly two months of working back and forth with the FAA and Sides, and contacting various DBEs, the City reached an impasse in resolving the issue and thus could not get Sides approved by the FAA. This issue was presented to the City Council at their April 6 meeting, and a decision was made to award the contract to the second low bidder, Schemel Construction Company. The difference in the two adjusted contracts is some $27,000, but subsequent change orders may reduce that to approximately $10,000 difference. Mark is presently working to get all the approvals necessary for Schemel Construction Company. Hopefully some construction can be underway within the next two weeks. Everything remains contingent on FAA approval of the contract. After nearly two months of frustrating effort, maybe we are close to a construction start. On March 26 1 traveled to St. Louis to a meeting of airport officials called by Trans World Express. They flew airport representatives in from across their system for a meeting on marketing and a review of TWE's status. At this meeting the president of TWE, Mr. Hulas Kanodia, indicated that TWE remained committed and closely tied to TWA. He indicated that TWA's situation appeared to be improving, and he thought they would be emerging from their bankruptcy within the next few months. - 2 - They reviewed TWE's improvement and expansion program indicating their recent upgrade of aircraft on a number of their routes as well as terminal improvements in St. Louis. Last year TWE had basically one entrance into the Lambert terminal lower level. I was quite surprised to find they now have a complete concourse dedicated to TWE flights including seven gates. Passenger enplanement and deplanement is through the seven jetways to the ramp as opposed to entrance through one door at the lower level off a general ramp area. They certainly had the appearance of a much more professional and orderly operation. They also indicated their baggage operation had been updated with new electronic scan equipment that better tied in with the major airlines. Much of the day was devoted to marketing and the emphasis of TWE's marketing effort. They stated their marketing effort would be with travel agencies and key business flyers. They stated that over 80 percent of the tickets are booked through travel agencies, thus reiterating a need to foster good relation efforts with the agencies. They cited stepped up visitation program by TWE representatives to various travel agencies stating that they would send representatives to meetings with key business people in the community. All the airport representatives in attendance indicated this meeting was the first effort TWE had made in bringing all parties �► together to discuss these issues. I feel like the meeting was a positive step and definitely more of this should be done by TWE. Their improvement efforts and the level of activity in St. Louis certainly represent positive changes over the last year. Let's hope that this and their reliability figures continue to show these positive signs of improvement. Please find attached some general information on TWE. The Essential Air Service Program continues to be extended on a month to month basis. We have heard that the Department of Transportation has held meetings with the airlines in Washington, but we have not received any official word of the outcome of those meetings from the DOT. We will keep you advised as this matter progresses. The May 9 and 10 air show activities are rapidly approaching with advanced ticket sales now underway. Mark and the air show committee are continuing to work out last minute details for this major effort. With the demands of the air show on everyone's time, Jerry McClanahan has questioned whether or not we should try to have a board meeting between now and the show. He suggested postponing the next meeting until the week following the show. We will be back in touch with you to firm up a date for this meeting. Please call if you have any questions or concerns. DKL:gc '` TRANS STATES AIRLINES, INC. d1b/a � -TRANS WORLD EXPRESS Company History Trans States Airlines Trans States Airlines, a privately held company, was incorporated in Missouri on November 5, 1982, as Resort Air, Inc., and was issued an air carrier operating certificate by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on April 11, 1983. On April 22, 1985, Resort Air entered into an agreement with Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA), to operate as a TWA commuter air carrier. On August 5, 1985, the company began service as Trans World Express. By the end of 1985, the Trans World Express fleet consisted of four 15 -seat Metro II and four 19 -seat Metro III aircraft, providing service to six cities in Missouri and Illinois. On September 22, 1986, Hulas Kanodia purchased Resort Air, Inc. Since the change in ownership, management has concentrated its efforts on quality control in maintenance, pilot training and fine tuning station operations. This enhanced the Trans World Express position with TWA as its commuter partner and positioned the company for the successful introduction of the latest state-of-the-art regional aircraft, the 48 -seat ATR42. In June 1988, the company was granted a 401 Operating Certificate from the Department of Transportation (DOT); and in September 1988, received its Part 121 Operating Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration, which is required for operating the ATR42. The company operates its flight department under Part 135 for Metro operations and Part 121 for ATR operations. The maintenance department is operated under Part 121 requirements in all respects. In June 1989, the company changed its name from Resort Air, Inc., to Trans States Airlines, Inc. (Our new name better represents the growth experienced by our airline to date and supports the long range goals of Trans States Airlines, Inc. The company continues a steady trend of growth and establishes itself as one of the largest and most innovative regional carriers in the industry.) On February 1, 1991, Trans States acquired Air Midwest's Trans World Express routes. With this acquisition, Trans States currently serves thirty-one cities in eleven states making it the sixth largest regional carrier in the country. Trans States currently operates a fleet of Metros, Jetstreams, Embraer Brasilias, ATR42's and the recently acquired 68 -seat ATR72's. Corporate Office • 9275 Genaire Drive • St. Louis, Missouri 63134 • (314) 895.8700 f Trans States Airlines, Inc. AIRPORT USAGE REPORT DATE: March 1992 ENPLANEMENTS 1592 YTD 1992 1991 TWE _328 -998 CCA 178 496 OTHER P&G 104 329 TOTALS 610 1823.__ NUMBER OF AIR CARRIER LANDINGS METRO -09 J-31 80 SAAB -_ -0- EMS EMB 120 -0- OTHER _ f' AIR TRAFFIC COUNT ITINERANT 1992 AIR TAXI GENERAL AVIATION MILITARY LOCAL CIVIL MILITARY INSTRUMENT OPERATIONS AIR TAXI GENERAL AVIATION 1991 YTD 1991 275 664 43_-___ _ 201 69 A 141 436 1006 RELIABILITY FACTORS COMPANY ON TIME _41g STATION ON TIME 97.5% COMPLETION 94%