Comments on: 5 Ways PCB’s New Airport Will Help Your Business

By: Jellen

Jellen — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:12:59 +0000

I hope the new airport gets another airline besides Delta/NWA. Now that it is one company, not two, Delta has greatly increased ticket prices. I don’t want to lose Delta, but PCB needs competition. People in northern states can fly to Florida destinations farther south in two hours for 30% of the price of a ticket to PCB. There always was a difference, but that difference has really grown! I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a true choice in carriers.

Also, I completely agree with Isaac’s comments in #8 (but not #15). Lush, tropical landscaping, and good maintenance of that landscaping, would set an upscale mood and ‘upscale’ is the term we have heard so often in the voicing of expectations.

By: charles hammond

charles hammond — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:27:42 +0000

in my opinion..it is hard to imagine significant change to a region without an interstate highway link…an international airport is only the first step…charles hammond, denver ,co

By: bob

bob — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:06:06 +0000

I’m failing to see how the discussion I am replying to relates to the topic of the thoughtful article above. Feces on elevators during spring break? Come on! You were young once, is that how you remember spending spring break? Do you really think that occurs so frequently that it is fair to depict all spring breakers that way? It’s too bad that your perceptions of spring breakers is based on one or two anecdotal experiences.

From a business standpoint, the three weeks that the students pump revenues through the economy offsets many weeks of unimpressive tourist activity. Yeah, there are a few bad apples, but I can tell you, the locals who are running the hotels/clubs/bars the students flock to have a hang of things by now. I had a great time during spring break, and I didn’t witness any “feces on elevators”, nor did anyone in my group go to the E.R. I did see thousands of students everywhere, who were helping the businesses directly, and the community indirectly via the amount of sales tax the city was able to collect.

By: Binks

Binks — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:08:01 +0000

The thought of Southwest Airlines coming into the airport really helped push us over the edge on our recent purchase of a home in Sandestin. While it is not PCB, it will help with revenues and real estate there and all over the panhandle. Worse case scenario, we drive down 6 hours. Best case, Southwest flies in there. Take a shuttle 34 miles to our home.

It can’t hurt the economy down there, it will only help. Anything is better than nothing.

By: Colton Weeks

Colton Weeks — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:18:47 +0000

My partner and I have a place that we rent in Rosemary Beach – and we’re watching the airport progress very closely – all the way from San Francisco! As it is, we choose to fly into New Orleans instead of PCB. We think (and hope) the new airport will at the very least offer us some better flight choices. Has anyone seen the flight maps lately? The map that shows how many flights are in the air at any given time? The PCB zone is currently a dark zone and I expect that will change quite rapidly with the new and expanded airport. It can’t stay the redneck riviera forever – it’s way to beautiful down there. So cheer up PCB, you have a LOT to look forward to, even if it does mean shedding the redneck riviera moniker.

By: Luther

Luther — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:40:15 +0000

What with all the hoopla concerning the new airport, I’m wondering why speculation has not been forth-coming about the great opportunities for freight hubs here in Bay County. We have a deep water port, railroad to Huntsville, long haul trucking capabilities, and many means of storage and transfer. Tourists and snow-birds are not a year-round gold mine. Heavy freight and industry is! Methinks possibilities abound. Remember, a service economy does not generate wealth. Innovation and maximum use of resources do.

By: PCBDaily Says New Airport Will Help Area Businesses — The New PFN

PCBDaily Says New Airport Will Help Area Businesses — The New PFN — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:25:14 +0000

[...] PCBDaily recently published an article highlighting five ways they think the new airport will help area businesses: As Panama City Beach prepares for a new airport slated to be taking in flights by this time next year, many question how the airport is really going to benefit their businesses. Well, here is your answer…actually, five of them. [...]

By: Walter Kraszewski

Walter Kraszewski — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:48:30 +0000

Isaac,
You need to spend some time in the ER during Spring
Break and see the pictures that never make it into the newspapers. After that spend some time cleaning up vomit from plugged sinks and toilets in condos and human feces found on the beach and spread on the inside walls of condo elevators along with urine found in corridors and stairwells. I bet you’d gain more appreciation for our Snowbirds.

Think about it. No city has ever gotten rid of Snowbirds but they sure dumped Spring Breakers regardless of the money they brought in. Why because
they wanted more respect for their cities, residents, beaches and businesses. They wanted to become a more desirable place for family vacations. They simply grew up.

By: Isaac Eiland-Hall

Isaac Eiland-Hall — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:42:02 +0000

Spring Breakers who bring in lots of money?

If you can complain about them, can I complain about all the slow driving retirees coming down to winter?

I haven’t heard about locals being roughed up…

And I’m sure trash volume increases a bit during spring break – but there’s advantages and disadvantages to any situation.

I’m just not comfortable with hyperbole like yours. I really don’t think it’s an accurate depiction of the combination of problems and blessings all the groups that visit us are. None of them are perfect — but they are a big part of the local budget; and we bring joy to so many visitors.

You have a right to your opinion, of course. Everyone does. And perhaps you’re right and I’m wrong — but of course, I don’t think that’s the case.

By: Walter Kraszewski

Walter Kraszewski — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:46:19 +0000

My guess the big carrier that everyone is hoping for will be none other then one that already comes to PCB, Delta Airlines. Having purchased North West they have already started cutting N.W. flights from the North opting instead to increasing Delta Flights thru their big hub, Atlanta then on to PCB.

Who will they bring? Spring Breakers by the BIG plane full ready to trash our beaches, destroy the inside of beautiful condos and rough up our residents.

When the TDC stops taking in what other cities have discarded lets talk again. Until then just get ready
for more kids, larger piles of trash, more property distruction, and larger quanties of vomit and poop left for condo owners to clean up.

Can’t wait until I can sell and get out!