Small plane - no room.
Plus the Belmonts were not on the tour.
Dion and the Belmonts had already parted ways and Dion was making this tour solo.
The entire entourage was scheduled to travel by bus but Holly decided to charter the small plane to avoid the long bus trip from Clear Lake, Iowa to to Moorhead, Minnesota.
Thanx
seems like the article does not mention the Belmonts, just Dion and he didn’t want to pop for the $36 for the flight.