GTRA garners $750K grant

COLUMBUS, Miss. - The U.S. Department of Transportation has given a $750,000 grant to the Golden Triangle Regional Airport to help recruit new westbound air service from the Eastern Mississippi region that includes Columbus, Starkville and West Point. The grant was awarded under the Small Community Air Service Development Program. GTRA Executive Director Mike Hainsey says the industrial growth in the area has prompted the airport to seek additional flights to meet the demand, especially westbound. Delta currently has three roundtrip flights to Atlanta from the GTRA. (Source: The Associated Press 10/01/14)