(The shuttle has since resumed, starting in June with limited capacity and a drastically shortened schedule, and slowly has regained 15% to 20% of the customer base.) With COVID-19 restrictions, tours, charters and Airporter Shuttle trips completely shut down. You either need a ride to the airport or you don’t. But at its core and within its niche, Bellair has found itself with nowhere to pivot. Throughout the pandemic, many stories have circulated about companies that have reworked their business models, adjusting to survive the crisis. Otherwise, Bellair business has bottomed out. Navy, state and intercity bus operations, and construction companies moving their employees from job to job. “It’s a low-margin segment, but high volume so it provides a wonderful cash flow.”īellair has contracts with the U.S. “We’re very thankful for our contracts,” Johnson said. But in the third quarter of 2020, Johnson revealed a drop of roughly 85% in sales in Ferndale, with a skeleton staff of just three or four in the office, six drivers, a few mechanics and another dozen people working in other locations. “Our entire industry, worldwide - the huge travel and tourism segment of economies - got hammered,” Johnson said.įor perspective, Bellair had been showing growth, posting more than $11 million in revenue during the 2019 fiscal year and boasting about 150 employees. But then, like so many others, it screeched to a halt in its tire tracks between spring and fall this year. It’s been a consistent presence in the annual Business Pulse listing of the Top 100 Private Companies. Johnson bought the business 15 years ago after several years at Bellair as - what’s that term again? - oh, yes, an employee. The Bellair Charters & Airporter buses - nearly all 70 of them - stand idle, a virtually motionless fleet on sprawling lots near Ferndale, in Federal Way and in Yakima. The business is buses, chartered, shuttled and leased. “Employee.” That’s a term that has vanished almost entirely from the vocabulary (and payroll) of Johnson’s business over the course of the past several months. allowed length of stay, security), please call (509) 575-6175 or click here.Bellair Charters & Airporter owner Richard Johnson continues to project faith, optimism for recovery in ‘hammered’ industry Operated independently from Bellair Airporter Shuttle and Firing Center 76 Station. Parking Info: 114 parking spaces are available at the adjacent Firing Center Park & Ride.
Then take first left into Firing Center 76 Station.īoarding Location: Board your shuttle outside the convenience store on the Firing Center Road sign at the Selah Transit sign. Click here for more info and to make reservations.įiring Center 76 Station – 51 Firing Center Road, Yakimaĭirections: From I-82 take Exit 26 turning east onto Firing Center Road. Advance reservations are recommended since parking is limited. Parking Info: Short-term and long-term parking options are available. The office is on the right.īoarding Location: Check in at the main office before boarding the shuttle in the main parking lot. Continue west on Ahtanum Road to S 21st Avenue. CLICK HERE for more info and pricing.Īirporter Shuttle Yakima Office – 2518 21st Avenue, Yakimaĭirections: From I-82/US 12, take Exit #38. There are a total of 200 spaces with 100 available at any given time. Parking Info: Long term and short term parking at the Yakima Air Terminal is provided by Republic. If you wait inside the terminal, please be outside at the boarding location a minimum of 5 minutes prior to departure. Boarding is now at the bus signs about 50 feet east of the main terminal entrance.
Continue on Washington Avenue until you reach the air terminal, which will be on your left.īoarding Location: Boarding for this location has recently changed.
Take a right onto Main Street and travel one block.
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Cash accepted by driver if seats available.ĭirections: From HWY 82 take Exit #36. General Info: This is a standard shuttle stop. Yakima Air Terminal – 2400 West Washington Avenue, Yakima Advance reservations are currently required to guarantee the shuttle stops at your desired pick up location.īellair Charters / Airporter Shuttle offers 3 Yakima shuttle stops for your travel convenience:
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