GULFPORT — The $12-million Million Air facility officially opens at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport this week and is expected to help attract new business and tourism revenue for South Mississippi. The 52,500-square-foot building will serve as the fixed base operation at the airport, providing fuel, support services for charters and private planes and other services. The [...] [...]
TUPELO — Officials at Tupelo Regional Airport expect to know by November who will take over air service. Airport executive director Josh Abramson tells WTVA-TV two companies have submitted bids thus far. Abramson says Seaport Airlines presented a bid that would allow 25 weekly flights to Memphis and 18 weekly flights to Nashville. Another company, [...] [...]
GULFPORT — US Airways will add a fourth flight from Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport (GPT) to Charlotte-Douglas (N.C.) International Airport (CLT). The additional flight will be offered beginning Oct. 19. “The addition of the fourth US Airway’s flight not only improves access to Charlotte, N.C., but it also offers additional options to connect to key cities [...] [...]
GULFPORT — Delta Air Lines is scheduled to cut direct flights from Gulfport to Memphis in January. But, U.S. Airways is adding a flight from Gulfport to Charlotte, N.C. Jeremiah Gerald, director of air service for the Gulfport airport, tells The Sun Herald Delta announced months ago it would be making cuts all over the [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — A federal program that supports passenger air service at four small Mississippi airports is being funded in an appropriations bill that gained committee approval late yesterday, according to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). Continued funding for the Essential Air Service (EAS) program, which benefits the Greenville, Hattiesburg/Laurel, Meridian and Tupelo airports, is included [...] [...]
TUPELO — The U.S. Department of Transportation has ordered Delta Air Lines to continue providing service in Tupelo until a replacement carrier is found. On July 15, the airline said it could no longer serve 16 small airports across the country, including Tupelo, Greenville and Hattiesburg. Delta receives a federal subsidy through the Essential Air [...] [...]
TUPELO — Delta Airlines has brought a new fleet of planes to provide service from Tupelo to Memphis. The 50-seat regional jets are replacing the Saab twin turbo prop that seated only 35 people. Delta expects the jet to save more money with regional flights like those from Tupelo along with maintenance costs. Delta provides [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — Boardings for June and July at the Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport were the highest they have been since before Hurricane Katrina — and ran about 6.5 percent ahead of the volume for the first seven months of 2010. In June, 1,475 passengers flew out of Hattiesburg-Laurel, highest for June since 1994. There were 1,319 [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport officials say Delta Airlines will continue service to the airport until a replacement carrier is found. On July 15, Delta announced its intentions to discontinue service to 24 smaller, more rural markets, including Hattiesburg-Laurel. Airport executive Thomas Heanue tells The Hattiesburg American that he’s hoping local residents will support Delta [...] [...]
ELLISVILLE — GE Aviation will locate a second manufacturing plant in Mississippi at Ellisville where it will produce advanced composite components for aircraft engines and systems. The company is developing plans for the construction of a manufacturing facility of about 300,000 square feet in Howard Technology Park. The project represents an investment of $56 million [...] [...]
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