

Paul, Orlando-Sanford, Phoenix-Mesa and St. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, Minneapolis-St. With American Eagle, Allegiant, Delta, and United, the cities served typically have been Atlanta, Chicago O’Hare, Dallas-Ft. “That’s something we’ve been waiting for,” he said of Minneapolis and Denver flights, since travelers typically had to travel east (to Chicago) or south (to Dallas) simply to fly west.īefore the pandemic, the Q-C airport’s four airlines served 11 nonstop hubs, or connecting cities, with hundreds of domestic and international connections beyond. “We are optimistic, Denver is scheduled to come back,” Leischner said. Fortunately, United will return two daily flights to Denver starting Feb. Ben Leischner is executive director of the Q-C Airport in Moline.Īirport executive director Ben Leischner said some of the decline stemmed from decisions of United Airlines to suspend nonstop flights to Denver last spring, and Delta to drop nonstop service to Minneapolis and Detroit, as well as Delta reducing aircraft capacity nationwide.
