Airlines’ Cuts Making Rural Communities No-Fly Zones
| May 27, 2008 |  View for printing |
Earlier this decade, city officials in Hagerstown, Md., started making the case to build a longer runway at their airport to lure service by regional jets, instead of the turboprop planes that provided its only flights.
Several years and $61.4 million later, the city opened its concrete welcome mat, a new 7,000 foot runway, last November — two months after the airport lost scheduled air service altogether.
By MICHELINE MAYNARD
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