IS NFIA COMPETING WITH THE BUFFALO AIRPORT?
“The planes international tour operators use vary,” said Vanecek. “Boeing 767 and 757 aircraft are heavily used workhorses used to cross the Atlantic. And I know the first question you’re going to ask is ‘Can these planes land at the Buffalo airport?’ Well, they can, depending on the distance that they’re flying. With the heavy weight of fuel and a full load of passengers, a 767 and 757 cannot operate out of Buffalo to Europe. The plane is just too heavy to get airborne on Buffalo’s runway. The longest route we can run out of Buffalo right now is our Las Vegas and Phoenix route. You need that added runway to get the plane off the ground. Niagara Falls can accommodate the predominant workhorses in the airline industry right now, the 757, the 767 and some of the Airbus planes. “Right now UPS is flying a 767 into Buffalo,” said Vanecek, “but they’re only flying it for very short domestic hauls and don’t have to take a full fuel load. Fuel is very heavy and that’s where you need the longer
