Interesting to bring back this two-year old topic. I read in the paper today that DL officials have hinted at adding back some of the flights they took away. I wonder if Comair would be playing a role and if so, GSO could be well-positioned to serve it.

Here's the article:

Out of bankruptcy
PTIA carrier emerges from the storm

BY PAUL B. JOHNSON
ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
GREENSBORO – Delta Airline’s emer­gence from bankruptcy should pay dividends for Piedmont Triad Inter­national Airport, where it’s one of two top carriers, an airport official said.
After 19 months in Chapter 11 reor­ganization, Delta started business this week clear from oversight of the bank­ruptcy court. Delta’s financial reorga­nization should stabilize the carrier’s service at PTIA, said airport Executive Director Ted Johnson. “They have not given us anything definite. They have indicated that they are going to look at restoring some service that we lost,” Johnson said Tuesday.
Delta has between 18 and 20 daily fl ights at PTIA, but at the end of 2004 had 30 daily flights.
Delta is the leading carrier for the airport along with US Airways. Be­tween them, the two carriers ferry about two-thirds of PTIA passengers.
Last year, Delta relocated to the new $6 million north concourse at PTIA, and Johnson said Delta stayed current with its payments to the airport throughout the bankruptcy proceedings.
The airline endured a tough year at PTIA during 2006. The number of pas­sengers boarding Delta flights dropped 32 percent from 497,307 during 2005 to 338,075 last year.
Despite its setbacks, Delta remained the top passenger carrier at PTIA dur­ing 2006. The next closest was US Air­ways with 317,770 passengers, accord­ing to airport statistics.
Delta’s slump contributed signifi­cantly to boardings at PTIA declin­ing 16.7 percent last year. Delta’s pas­senger erosion was the largest of any carrier at PTIA – the next closest was Northwest Airlines with an 18.6 per­cent drop in boardings during 2006.
A Delta representative at the corpo­rate headquarters in Atlanta couldn’t be reached for comment this week by The High Point Enterprise.
Johnson said that Delta’s emergence from bankruptcy “will be good for the airport. I just don’t know the specifics now of what it’s going to mean.”
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