![]() ![]() Keep close to all the city’s going ons by understanding its public transportation, from the Monorail placed parallel to The Strip (Las Vegas Boulevard), to a vast network of buses that run for up to 24-hours a day via RTC Transit. Outback doesn't own an airline.A city known for its class and sass, Las Vegas pairs an ethereal desert-mountain backdrop with a boisterous parking lot culture, all intermixed with cool nights made breezy by southwest winds. "When you see that airplane, there's a "wow' factor. "This is a better marketing value for Hooters than sponsoring a NASCAR race team," Mike McNeil, Hooters of America vice president of marketing says, without saying whether the airline makes money. Hooters magazines onboard promote the company's Hot Wings potato chips and feature Brad Wall, a Hooters-sponsored pro bass fisherman. The safety procedures card in each seatback pocket pictures a Hooters girl in a captain's hat giving a jaunty salute (and a warning not to take the cards off the plane).įoam sandwich containers come with a "IHooters" sticker. Ticket agents slip boarding passes into jackets that are mini Hooters restaurant menus. Hooters Air is very serious about promoting the Hooters brand. "We wanted to make sure it was a serious airline, that the girls don't fly the planes," he said. Sullivan checked into Hooters Air when he found out he had been switched. Petersburg-Clearwater International and Allentown from Lehigh Valley last week. Like many people on Thursday's flight, he had booked his trip on Lehigh Valley Air, a startup carrier that leased planes and crews from Pace. That was a relief to passenger John Sullivan. Two Hooters girls on board provide entertainment. Marshal's Service.įederally certified pilots and flight attendants, who wear navy blue uniforms with a Hooters logo, from Pace staff the Hooters Air planes. ![]() Pace mostly flies for charter customers, such as the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, college teams like Duke University and federal prisoners under supervision of the U.S. Its six jets, splashed with the fat, orange Hooters lettering and Hootie the Owl logo, fly to 14 cities from Nassau, Bahamas, to Las Vegas.Īfter failing in a bid for bankrupt Vanguard Airlines in 2002, Hooters of America chairman Robert Brooks bought Pace Airlines, a Winston-Salem, N.C., charter carrier. The public charter airline took wing in March 2003 with a route between Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Atlanta. No, passengers don't get chicken wings, but they get real food: a ham and turkey sandwich, potato chips and Chips Ahoy cookies on Thursday's trip.Īnd there's the good-time, slightly naughty ambiance so familiar to patrons of the restaurant chain, now with 395 locations in 16 countries. The Boeing 737 jets have leather seats and generous legroom for coach. Hooters Air, however, isn't just about price. But in nearby Philadelphia, a battle between US Airways and Southwest Airlines has pushed fares down as low as $49. An affiliate of the famous restaurant chain started small, with four flights a week to a single destination: Allentown, Pa.įares ranged from $103 to $143 one-way on the airline's Web site on Wednesday. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport on Sunday. Welcome to the Tampa Bay area's newest airline.
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