Air development grant gets $750K

The Mississippi Legislature passed a bill March 29 that contains $750,000 for the Mississippi Air Service Development Program. The grant is designed to enhance air service at commercial airports in Mississippi by marketing and advertising a new air carrier, service and frequencies of flights. The grant program will be administered by the Mississippi Development Authority and communities that are required to provide a 40 percent match. Communities and states are very aggressive when recruiting air service, said Mike Hainsey, director of the Golden Triangle Regional Airport in East-Central Mississippi; and the program should help the state become more competitive. (Source: Sun Herald 03/31/15)