New air line in Duluth?

City looking for new air line to come to Duluth. They are using the help of a consultant and he only gets paid if he finds one that will come to Duluth. He only has two weeks to do this. I found this story interesting because of the way the guy gets paid or does not get paid depending on his performance.


City enlists help to land new airline
TRAVEL: The Duluth Airport Authority would pay its consultant only if he can bring an airline to the city.
BY PETER PASSI
NEWS TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Mark Sixel, an aviation consultant from Eugene, Ore., is betting that he can bring new air service to Duluth in the next two years. If he's right, he'll get paid. If he's wrong, he won't.

Those are the basic terms of Sixel's recent agreement with the Duluth Airport Authority.
Should he succeed in bringing a new carrier into Duluth, Sixel would receive a $2 payment from the authority for every passenger who uses the service. His maximum compensation would be capped at $80,000 for two years.


"This way, my interests are aligned with Duluth's," Sixel said.

If he is able to get an air line any thoughts on who it may be.


I think it is good the city is doing, we can still be very strong in the aviation world. We need a diffenrent air line to come in in case Northwest goes under, it also will allow for more competive rates as there would be compition.