By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

Air passenger service returns to the Hays Regional Airport Friday.

SkyWest Airlines is operating as United Express with daily flights between Hays and Denver.

Last Thursday night, Hays city commissioners approved spending $25,000 for regional marketing of the airport.

City Manager Toby Dougherty explained the money will be combined with funds from the Hays Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development:

“We’re advertising pretty heavy right now, before the service starts and then it’ll slow a little once the flights resume. We’re going to promote it more than we have before because we have a lot of customers to get back,” said Dougherty.

Temporary walls are up for construction of the expanded TSA holding area in the terminal. A pre-construction meeting was held Friday.

Flights for travel after August 1 can be booked now online at united.com.