Air Service Offering ''Rockslide Specials''

One area air service is providing a new service following the rockslide blocking Hwy. 64 and the route to Copperhill/Ducktown. TDOT estimates it will take two months to reopen the highway.

Crystal Air has announced a special air shuttle service from the Copperhill Martin Campbell Airport to Cleveland, Collegedale, and Chattanooga airports.

The detour around the rock slide adds nearly one hour travel time for folks gong back and forth.

Crystal Air is offering air service beginning at $40 per person one-way, up to $90 per person round trip from Chattanooga. Click HERE for a rate sheet. They say flights will be arranged according to customer response and demand.

Owner Crystal Newman said, "I grew up in Copperhill and my parents still live there. My mother traveled the river road for many years to work before she retired and if this had happened then it would’ve been terrible for her and for us. We talked about going to get my parents for Thanksgiving and they shared the idea with some friends who thought the rest of the community might be interested in our service. Because of my ties to the area, my husband worked the numbers to offer a discounted rate to make it as affordable as possible."

For more information call Taylor Newman, Director of Operations, at (423) 421-3001 or (423) 236-5100.

Click HERE for a map of the detour around the rockslide.

Click HERE to see a Slideshow of aerial photos

Crystal Air, Inc. operates multiple aircraft based in East Tennessee and North Georgia, and is contracted as the Fixed Based Operator at the Cleveland, Dalton, and Sewanee-Franklin County Airports. Services provided include aircraft charter, maintenance, rental, flight instruction, fuel and hangar services.