New air service may be coming to eastern Washington

COLFAX – A new airline may be flying into Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport in the near future. During a meeting Monday, Dec. 7, Whitman County commissioners approved a $400,000 request for a profit guarantee for SkyWest/United Airlines to fly from Pullman twice per day to Denver.

In a four-year, ongoing process, the airport has garnered interest from the airline – SkyWest has a partnership with United – to add the route. The potential service was made possible by the Pullman runway realignment project that finished last year.

The airport would use a $780,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Tr...