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Airline announces new service at Oxford

Associated Press — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:47:05 +0000

OXFORD — Memphis-based Southern Airways Express will begin offering flights out of the University Oxford Airport. Stan Little, Southern Airways CEO, said this week that the company will launch flights to and from Destin and Panama City in Florida June 20, and then add flights to and from New Orleans by the end of June. [...]

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Airport’s food irradiation business could create new jobs

Associated Press — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:29:57 +0000

GULFPORT — A $5-million food-irradiation facility at the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport is expected to increase business by officials who say it increases food safety and extends shelf life of perishable foods. Airport executive director Clay Williams tells The Sun Herald the company is “very encouraged” by its investment in its $12 million cargo warehouse. The [...]

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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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Airline trimming Jackson-to-Houston flight

Associated Press — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:59:43 +0000

JACKSON — Southwest Airlines is dropping one of two flights between Jackson and Houston, Texas, on June 1. Dirk Vanderleest, chief executive officer of the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, tells The Clarion-Ledger that the discount airline will drop its 2:10 p.m. flight, leaving it with just two — a 6:45 a.m. flight and another at [...]

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Airport, ex-director settle lawsuit just before trial

Associated Press — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:28:50 +0000

TUPELO — A lawsuit against the Tupelo Regional Airport Authority has been settled just days ahead of the scheduled trial. Chief U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills dismissed a suit by Reid Dawe, a former director of operations at Tupelo Regional Airport. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Dawe claimed his rights were violated when he [...]

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Airport tower manager, crew to be out of work

Associated Press — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:08:12 +0000

TUPELO — Despite a temporary reprieve, Doug Metz and his four co-workers still face unemployment. Metz is the air traffic control manager at Tupelo Regional Airport, where the tower is among 149 across the country being closed by the Federal Aviation Administration on June 15. An air traffic controller with more than 30 years of [...]

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Airport building massive navigation system tower

Associated Press — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:32:18 +0000

MADISON — It’s six stories high, nearly as wide as a football field and is peeking out above trees near the Madison airport. Public works official Tommy Boxx tells WLBT-TV in Jackson the large dish on stilts has a Vortac navigation system. According to a federal aviation guide, Vortac gives pilots the bearing and range of [...]

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Officials vow flights will continue even if funding is cut

Associated Press — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:04:17 +0000

COLUMBUS — Officials with the Golden Triangle Regional Airport say commercial flights will continue despite the possibility of federal funding for the airports’ air traffic control tower being cut. The Federal Aviation Administration announced last week it would be shutting off staff funding for seven air traffic control towers in the state and 180 nation-wide, [...]

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Expert again warns city of dropping traffic at airport

Associated Press — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:19:36 +0000

TUPELO — An airline industry expert has renewed warnings to Tupelo officials that the local airport could lose federal subsidies if the number of commercial air travelers remains low. The comments from Mike Mooney of Sixel Consulting Group came during a meeting that gave stakeholders in the Tupelo Regional Airport a chance to get a [...]

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Airport control towers facing shutdown from budget cuts

Associated Press — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:48:14 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Automatic federal budget cuts could shut down control towers at as many as seven Mississippi airports. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned of the closing of 100 airport towers at airports that have 150,000 flights or fewer each year if automatic federal spending cuts take effect March 1. The Federal Aviation Administration [...]

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