As Tourism Economy Takes Off, The Sky's The Limit For Eugene Airport

KLCC | By Brian Bull

Published May 14, 2021 at 3:06 PM PDT

It’s been a good year for the Eugene Airport. On top of landing carriers Southwest Airlines and Avelo Airlines, the facility has also received a $5.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The money will be used to rebuild the runway and make lighting and taxiway improvements.

Meanwhile, Avelo began its non-stop service to the Hollywood Burbank Airport on Wednesday (May 12). And Southwest Airlines will begin daily non-stop flights to Las Vegas and Oakland, beginning August 29^th.

The news signals what Eugene city leaders and tourism officials hope is a long-awaited rebound from the pandemic’s crippling effects on the travel economy.

Note: The Eugene Airport is a KLCC underwriter.

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Brian Bull

Brian Bull is a part-time reporter for the KLCC News department, and first began working with the station in 2016. He's been a senior reporter with the Native American media organization Buffalo's Fire, and a journalism professor at the University of Oregon.

In his 30 years working as a public media journalist, Bull has worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (25 regional), the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from the Indigenous Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.

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