The Globe - Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

By TOM LAVENTURE

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IRONWOOD — The lobby of the Gogebic-Iron County Airport terminal was more full than most people could remember on Monday.

There were several passengers arriving from Chicago, along with 22 passengers ready for  the return flight. There were just as many people present for the grand opening celebration for Denver Air Connection taking over the Essential Air Service and bringing jet service to Ironwood. 

Passenger numbers for the first few days equaled nearly a month of flights with the previous EAS airlines that operated smaller planes with...