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Airline cutting Capitol City flights to Houston, Baltimore

Associated Press — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:22:50 +0000

JACKSON — Southwest Airlines is dropping one of its three daily Jackson-to-Houston flights as well as its direct Jackson-to-Baltimore flight. The Clarion-Ledger reports the airline, effective June 1, will no longer offer a 2:10 p.m. departure from Jackson to Houston’s Hobby Airport. It will still have morning and evening departures. And, effective Aug. 1, the [...]

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EPA refuses to change ruling on air quality rating

Associated Press — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:30:35 +0000

DESOTO COUNTY — The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected appeals from state officials over air quality listings. According to The Commercial Appeal, the decision means the counties remain classified as “non-attainment” areas because of ozone levels. Officials say the designation makes it more difficult to attract industry. The “non-attainment” counties in the Delta region are [...]

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Airport leaders ask judge to toss discrimination lawsuit

Associated Press — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:47:26 +0000

TUPELO — Tupelo Regional Airport officials have asked a federal judge in Oxford to throw out a job discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit filed by former airport executive director Terry Anderson is scheduled for trial on April 8. WTVA-TV in Tupelo reports the airport board argues it had legitimate reasons to fire Anderson in December of [...]

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Airport seeing fewer fliers during transition from Delta

Associated Press — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:31:16 +0000

GREENVILLE — Officials at Greenville Mid-Delta Airport said flights on Silver Airways are not as full as they’d hoped, and it might be because travelers are unsure how to book flights. Though Silver Airways has been servicing Greenville’s airport for a little over a month, travelers are still unable to book flights through Delta Airlines [...]

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GE Aviation to begin hiring for composites plant

Associated Press — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:33:24 +0000

ELLISVILLE — GE Aviation will begin taking applications Nov. 5 for its new Ellisville-based composites factory. The unit of General Electric Co. made the announcement last week as Gov. Phil Bryant visited the nearly completed plant. The company expects to hire 250 workers within five years to make composite parts for aircraft engines and systems. [...]

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Hinds CC’s unmanned aerial vehicle training takes off

Associated Press — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:48:16 +0000

RAYMOND ‑ When news hit earlier this month that an American drone had killed at least 10 al-Qaida militants, instructors some 8,000 miles away at Hinds Community College were working on Mississippi’s first program to train drone pilots. Currently the market on unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, also known as drones, is almost completely military. [...]

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Council votes to accept previously rejected airport grant

Associated Press — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:07:37 +0000

TUPELO — The Tupelo City Council has unanimously approved acceptance of a $1.85 million federal grant for the Tupelo Regional Airport that the council had rejected last week. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the action came after a special meeting last night with airport officials, which included questions and expressions of concern about airport [...]

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Gulfport-Biloxi International suspending flights; Coast casinos close

Associated Press — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:21:12 +0000

GULFPORT — The Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport is suspending all incoming and outgoing flights before noon today due to the approach of Isaac. The last flights are scheduled to depart at 11 a.m. today, says Clay Williams, airport executive director. He says the airport will probably close tomorrow, but flights are scheduled to resume Thursday. The [...]

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Supervisors working on solutions to meet EPA air standards

Associated Press — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:53:30 +0000

HERNANDO — DeSoto County supervisors say they are working on solutions to meet federal ozone levels. In May, the Environmental Protection Agency included parts of DeSoto with Memphis, which has ozone emissions above allowable limits set by federal regulation. It includes urban areas of DeSoto County and Crittenden County, Ark., in the Memphis ozone “non-attainment” [...]

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Fitch rates airport bonds ‘A-’ and awards stable outlook

MBJ Staff — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:07:58 +0000

JACKSON — Fitch Ratings has affirmed Jackson Municipal Airport Authority’s outstanding $42.1 million airport revenue and refunding bonds at “A-.” The Rating Outlook remains “stable.” Fitch wrote: “Traffic is currently similar to levels prior to Hurricane Katrina where the airport served evacuees and recovery efforts following declines over the past five consecutive years. Stability is [...]

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