MORGANTOWN — Five air carriers — Southern Airways Express, Boutique Airlines, Cape Air, Contour Airlines and SkyWest Airlines — are vying for Morgantown’s essential air service contract. Essential Air Service, or EAS, is a federal subsidy provided directly to carriers to offset the ...
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Manager Kim Haws said the city and carrier Southern Airways are prepared to subsidize flight costs to increase the number of passengers flying out of Morgantown Municipal Airport. He’s asking the community to get on board. Haws recently told ...
MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown is asking Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito to provide a major shot in the arm for the Morgantown Municipal Airport runway extension project. The city is requesting $45.5 million in earmarks, or congressionally directed spending, from ...
The already bumpy ride to an extended runway at the Morgantown Municipal Airport has gotten even more turbulent. What was originally predicted as a 5-year, $50 million venture has swiftly ballooned to seven years and $70 million — and we suspect those numbers will continue to grow. It ...
MORGANTOWN — When it comes to the number of enplanements, or revenue passengers boarding aircraft, at the Morgantown Municipal Airport, there’s good news and bad news ... and very bad news. The good news is the airport is projected to surpass 7,000 enplanements in 2023. If it clears ...
MORGANTOWN -- Gov. Jim Justice was at the Greenbrier Valley Airport on Tuesday with a great big check for $5 million. The timing of the visit wasn’t lost on Morgantown Municipal Airport Executive Director Jonathan Vrabel, who, that same day, was pleading his case to state ...