Utah
‘SkySquad’ aims to make airport travel easier for Utah flyers
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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah vacationers could have entry to a useful resource that goals to make airline journey rather less annoying, beginning Monday.
Image this: A mother, youngsters and many luggage speeding to get by the Salt Lake Metropolis Worldwide Airport.
That is the expertise behind Julie Melnick’s imaginative and prescient to create one thing that will assist different vacationers get by the airport with ease.
The concept is the traveler simply must get to the airport.
From there, SkySquad will step in to assist by alerting passengers earlier than they’re set to journey, by providing hands-on assist with baggage, navigating check-in, safety and the airport, beginning at $49.
Mykaleen Lavin, a mother of two younger youngsters, stated SkySquad would vastly assist when flying.
“I’ve had occasions the place I have been speeding to the gate, screaming out my vacation spot as a result of I did not know the place to go. It would be so nice to have one thing like this to assist me and take me to the place I must go, but in addition with all of the automotive seats and baggage and backpacks,” Lavin stated.
SkySquad also can provide help throughout layovers and arrivals.
All employees members are recognized and background-checked to allow them to accompany passengers by safety all the best way to the gate.
To this point, SkySquad is in seven airports.
The Salt Lake Metropolis Worldwide Airport is the farthest-west location the place SkySquad is providing its providers.
“We predict it is an awesome space for households. There are lots of resorts right here in Utah. Individuals are available in for snowboarding. Individuals are available in for summer season trip. We predict it is an awesome place to be and arrange. The airport is so busy with so many connections and really some lengthy walks, so we’re right here to help prospects,” Melnick stated.
SkySquad stated it hopes to be in each main airport throughout the U.S.