Board backs local request to keep SkyWest/Delta service at Brainerd airport
Brainerd Lakes Area Airport officials told the Crow Wing County board the community supports renewing SkyWest/Delta service under the federal Essential Air Service program; the board adopted a resolution to include the county's support in paperwork to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Brainerd Lakes Area Airport interim director Neil Blanzer told the Crow Wing County Board that the airport commission and the Brainerd city council both voted unanimously to recommend continuing Essential Air Service with SkyWest as the Delta Connection, and he urged the county to add a letter of community support to the Department of Transportation filing. "The essential air services is critical to the community," Blanzer said, noting a prior study that placed the airport's economic contribution at about $30,000,000 and roughly 280 jobs.
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