Nashville demand at TRA

TUPELO – With demand for flights to Nashville higher in demand than to Memphis from Tupelo Regional Airport, SeaPort Airlines hopes to find a near-term solution. At a reception Dec. 11 at TRA, SeaPort President Rob McKinney said passenger preferences are running 10-to-1 favoring Nashville. SeaPort began subsidized air service from TRA in October and offering 18 round-trips per week to Nashville and 12 to Memphis. SeaPort VP Tim Sieber said there are plan to meet with TRA’s Josh Abramson to look at the possibilities of switching more flights to Nashville. SeaPort is getting an annual $2.5 million subsidy through the federal Essential Air Service program to operate at TRA. (Source: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/12/14)