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The failed Red Way experiment won't stop Lincoln Airport's quest to land more flights

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The failed Red Way experiment won't stop Lincoln Airport's quest to land more flights

Lincoln airport new plane, 3.30

In providing the Airbus A320 aircraft, Global Crossing required Red Way to fly a minimum of 200 air hours each month. That requirement may be one of the contributing factors to Red Way's demise, local officials say.

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The sun rose Friday morning and Lincoln Airport — with a sparkling new terminal and an appetite to lure more air service to Nebraska's Capital City — was pretty much where it was three months ago.

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Executive Director David Haring was unanimously given a vote of confidence on Thursday by the Lincoln Airport Authority board

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Red Way began flights out of Lincoln Airport on June 8.

Pat Sangimino, Journal Star

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Photos: First Red Way flight departs from Lincoln Airport

Passengers board the Red Way inaugural flight to Orlando, Florida, at the Lincoln Airport on Thursday.

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The Red Way inaugural flight to Orlando takes off at the Lincoln Airport on June 8.

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Red Way flight attendants wait to board the inaugural flight to Orlando at Lincoln Airport on Thursday.

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Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird poses for a photo before boarding the inaugural Red Way flight to Orlando at the Lincoln Airport on June 8. The airline announced on Wednesday that it was ceasing operations at the end of the month.

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Breakfast plates wait for passengers on the inaugural Red Way flight to Orlando at the Lincoln Airport on Thursday.

HAYDEN ROONEY, Journal Star

Transportation Safety Administration agents check Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird’s bags and coffee before the inaugural Red Way flight to Orlando at the Lincoln Airport on Thursday. 

HAYDEN ROONEY, Journal Star

Passengers wait to board the inaugural Red Way flight to Orlando, Florida, at the Lincoln Airport on June 8.

HAYDEN ROONEY, Journal Star file photo

Red Way Airlines, which blew through $3 million in less than three months last summer, was back in the news Friday when Lancaster County Commission Matt Schulte called for the firing of Lincoln Airport's Executive Director Dave Haring because of the failed airlines.

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