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Cyril King Airport is now Santa Rosa?
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:25 am
by Nancy_B
Did anyone else get calls/emails from USAirways yesterday notifying them of a schedule change? STT was not listed as Santa Rosa.
Does anyone know the story behind this?
PS My ticker is looking fabulous
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:59 am
by larlardb8
I got a call yesterday from Usair too telling me of a schedule change for a flight from PHL-Charlotte then Charlotte to Santa Rosa. They said the flight was for May 1st I think.
Funny thing is, they must have called the wrong person because I dont have a trip planned to St. Thomas (or wherever Santa Rosa is). The message called me my maiden name as well..strange!
Wish I was going to St. John in 2 weeks though!
Laurie
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:05 am
by bayer40601
Other than Southern California, the only Santa Rosa airport I can find is in Brazil.
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:06 am
by jigzmom
I just did a "test" ticket purchase on the American Airlines and USAirways sites and STT is still showing as Cyril E. King on both.
*is jealous of Nancy_B's ticker*
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:05 pm
by toes in the sand
Here is a link to a forum posting from a while ago but it discusses that Cyril King used to be Harry Truman Airport.
http://www.virgin-islands-on-line.com/f ... ng+airport
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:42 pm
by jimg20
Yes, but even in his wild youth Harry Truman was never called Santa Rosa --- at least not to his face.
JIM
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:52 pm
by Larry
I wonder if calling it the Truman airport kept Japanese travelers away. I seriously wonder that.
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:21 pm
by hugo
The name change had nothing to do with tourists--everything in the territory that wasn't named after a Virgin Islander got renamed in 1970-1990, and anything namable is ALWAYS named after a person.
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:09 pm
by Larry
hugo wrote:The name change had nothing to do with tourists--everything in the territory that wasn't named after a Virgin Islander got renamed in 1970-1990, and anything namable is ALWAYS named after a person.
I'm aware of the name changing dates actually, I was just juxtaposing a curiosity of how the Truman name went over. Not whether or not it became a reason for namechanging.