Mississippi Business Journal » control tower http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 13:11:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Officials vow flights will continue even if funding is cut http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/14/officials-vow-flights-will-continue-even-if-funding-is-cut/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=officials-vow-flights-will-continue-even-if-funding-is-cut http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/14/officials-vow-flights-will-continue-even-if-funding-is-cut/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:04:17 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=71270 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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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/14/officials-vow-flights-will-continue-even-if-funding-is-cut/feed/ 0 Airport control towers facing shutdown from budget cuts http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/25/airport-control-towers-facing-shutdown-from-budget-cuts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=airport-control-towers-facing-shutdown-from-budget-cuts http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/25/airport-control-towers-facing-shutdown-from-budget-cuts/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:48:14 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70206 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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