Business View Magazine | November 2019

155 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2019 Greater Possibilities START HERE To learn about opportunities, contact Pamela Shupp PSHUPP@GREATERREADING.ORG | 610.898.7787 | GREATERREADING.ORG 606 Court St., Reading PA, 19601 READING REGIONAL A I RPORT several commercial carriers, including TWA, Eastern Airlines, Capital Airlines, Allegheny Airlines, and Suburban Airlines. “Up until 9/11, we had 15 flights a day between Reading, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Boston,” says Sroka. “Following 9/11, it dropped down to seven flights; then down to five. In 2004, we lost commercial airline service.” At that time, the company operating US Airways Express was Mesa Airlines. When the federal government promulgated the Essential Air Service program, Mesa transferred its operations to nearby Lancaster Airport, which had applied for, and received, the grant for that service route. Today, Reading Regional Airport is a general aviation facility with 118 home-based aircraft – about 70 single-engine, 30 multi-engine, and 18 jets. It is also home to a division of Boscov’s Travel Center, which operates weekly Southwest Airlines charter flights to Orlando for passengers going to Disney World. There are three FBOs – the Reading Jet Center, Millennium Aviation, and Reading Air. The Airport also hosts the Mid-