From the Buffalo News:
A planeload of “day trippers†from Rockford, Ill., will arrive at Niagara Falls International Airport on the morning of July 3 and depart that same evening in a first-of-its-kind tourism blitz.
The “all in one day†sightseeing experiment is the brainchild of the Greater Rockford Airport Authority to beef-up business at the underutilized Chicago Rockford International Airport. Tickets for the whirlwind trip to the Falls went on sale at 1 p.m. Wednesday and were sold out by 10 a. m. the next morning.
“People were really excited about having an affordable way to get to Niagara Falls,†said Zach Sundquist, the Rockford airport’s special projects coordinator. “It’s a convenient and cheap way for a whole family to make the trip without the added expense of an overnight stay.”