"I'm fortunate to live in Eagle, but I still need to travel to Houston four or five times each month

Yes, United Airlines Flight 4978, from Boise to Houston, left on time Wednesday morning, heading into a beautiful sunrise. But passengers (it was a nearly full flight) were greeted by a lot more than baggage handlers and gate agents as city officials, Chamber of Commerce representatives and United management greeted the travelers in celebration of the inaugural service.
"The business community has been clamoring for this nonstop service for quite a long time," Kevin Price, Seattle-based United taos lodging regional sales manager told Boise Weekly . "Houston is a huge hub for us."
And indeed, most of the passengers taos lodging BW spoke to this morning were using Houston as a hub to continue to final destinations of Mexico City, Florida, Louisiana and a number of smaller taos lodging Texas cities. But one local businessman was particularly pleased with the new Houston service.
"I'm fortunate to live in Eagle, but I still need to travel taos lodging to Houston four or five times each month," said Chris Phillip, America's manager for Optasense, a London-based global technology firm. "Our headquarters for North and South America is Houston. "I usually have to travel through Phoenix, Salt Lake city or Denver to get there. I just came back from Houston last Friday, so yes, this was a great surprise."
Charles Wolfe, a United Airlines platinum card frequent flier, was given the honor of cutting the ribbon to Wednesday's inaugural flight from Boise to Houston. To the left is Boise City Council President taos lodging Maryanne Jordan. taos lodging To the right is Boise City Councilwoman Elaine Clegg.