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Allegiant brings back Flint-to-Vegas flights with some seats as low as $47 one-way Updated Mar 05, 2021; Posted Mar 05, 2021 Facebook Share FLINT, MI -- Bishop Airport’s most requested destination is back on its route map. Allegiant started its new nonstop flights from Flint to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Friday, March 5, offering one-way fares for as little as $47. “This is the day our community has been looking forward to for years ...,” Bishop Airport Director Nino Sapone said in a news release announcing the first flight Friday. “Thank you to Allegiant for bringing this amazing flight to our region. We look forward to seeing all of the passengers heading out to Nevada.”
Rosie the Riveter takes place among Flint auto giants with bronze statue at Bishop Airport Updated Jan 29, 2021; Facebook Share FLINT, MI -- Rosie the Riveter has taken her place with other Flint automotive pioneers -- memorialized with a $40,000 bronze statue that was unveiled Friday, Jan. 29, at Bishop Airport. Sculpted by Joe Rundell, the statue shows Rosie, a symbol of women’s empowerment and American feminism, wearing a collared shirt and bandana, striking a signature pose -- flexing her bicep. Her image was used in a campaign that recruited women to work for defense industries during World War II, including converted General Motors plants in the Flint area and elsewhere as men enlisted to fight in World War II.