Monday, December 23, 2013

Holiday Hours

Our hours of operation for the rest of 2013 will be from 7:00am to 6:00pm and we have special hours for upcoming holidays:

Christmas Eve: 7:00am to 1:00pm
Christmas Day: Closed
New Year's Eve: 7:00am to 4:00pm
New Year's Day: Closed

Happy Holiday & New Year from all of us at CIA! 

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Help re-open Santa Cruz Island

The Channel Islands National Park has just released their General Management Plan (GMP) outlining the park use over the next twenty-five to forty years. Park officials had indicated they would include an option of reopening the airstrip on the East end of Santa Cruz Island for public access as part of this plan. Unfortunately this did not happen and as a result we need your help lobbying park officials.

If the airstrip were to be reopened, CIA could again take the public to Santa Cruz Island. The East end strip is less than a fifteen minute flight from the Camarillo Airport which will make trips a fraction of the price of our current trips to Santa Rosa Island. The island offers water sports such as snorkeling, paddle boarding and kayaking as well as scenic hiking trails with views of Anacapa Island. Access to East Santa Cruz is currently available only by boat and we believe the public deserves an airplane transportation option.

To HELP:

Please click here to visit theNational Park's website that is set up for public comment regarding the GMP. Please mention that you would like to see public access to the East end of Santa Cruz Island by airplane included in the GMP. All comments must be received by January 9, 2014 so please make yourself heard right away.

We sincerely appreciate your efforts to help us in our campaign. Santa Cruz Island is a large part of our history as our first flight to the island was in 1975 which later lead to our founding and is the reason for our name.