To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff
           <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Vice Chancellor Charles C. Colbert " <ccolbert@uiuc.edu>

Reply-To: ccolbert@uiuc.edu
 Subject: MASSMAIL - Delta Airline Survey 

TO:       All Faculty, All Academic Professionals, and All Civil
          Service Staff 

FROM:     Charles C. Colbert 
          Vice Chancellor for Administration and Human Resources

DATE:     January 16, 2003 

SUBJECT:  Delta Airline Survey 

Dear Colleagues:

Recognizing the need to provide competitively-priced, convenient service 
to another hub, the Institute of Aviation has been working to recruit 
additional air service for Willard Airport.

Delta Air Lines presents the most promising opportunity for new service.  
Delta is focused on increasing its presence in the Midwest via their 
second-largest hub, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport 
(CVG).  In Cincinnati, passengers have a convenient choice of more than 
540 daily flights to 118 domestic and international cities throughout 
Delta network.

Delta is evaluating the local demand for regional jet service three times 
a day between Champaign and Delta's Cincinnati hub.  To assist Delta, the 
Institute of Aviation is attempting to determine potential support from 
the University for the new route.  Delta has said that indications from 
faculty and staff will be essential to their decision regarding Champaign-
Urbana.

The proposal being discussed is regional jet service to Cincinnati, 
providing connections throughout Delta's extensive route network.  Key 
connections among the 100+ cities Delta serves from their Cincinnati hub 
include Atlanta, New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Boston, Dallas, 
Philadelphia, Tampa and Orlando, among others.  Prices would be 
competitive with fares charged at nearby airports on routes of similar 
distance.

Additional information about Delta can be found at the following web 
sites: 

http://www.delta.com/inside/investors/corp_info/index.jsp
 
http://www.delta.com/home/press_url/dal_stats_facts/index.jsp
 
http://www.delta.com/skymiles/member_guide/index.jsp
 
Please let us know if you would support this service by sending an email 
to:  jandersonm@khgroup.com.

1.  Would you find non-stop jet service to Cincinnati and Delta's route 
network useful?
2. How often would you use the service (estimated number of trips per 
year)?
 3. The following link illustrates Delta's extensive route network via 
their Cincinnati hub.  Delta mainline, partner routes, and top 50 
destinations may be accessed by the tabs within the spreadsheet.  
http://www.vcadmin.uiuc.edu/delta.html  Please list the top five 
connecting markets that would be most valuable to you.

Thank you for your time.

This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration & HR

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