Thursday, September 29, 2011

Wisconsin: Green Bay gets $500K to improve airline service

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay is getting a $500,000 federal grant to help improve its airline service.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is providing the money as part of a program that helps small communities develop solutions to local air-service needs.

Green Bay was one of 29 communities nationwide to get a grant.

The Transportation Department says the money will be used to provide a revenue guarantee as well as to pay for marketing year-round service to the west.

The federal grant program began in 2002 to help small communities deal with challenges of local air service, including high fares, insufficient levels of service and lack of competition. The recipients can use the money to provide financial incentives to carriers and pay for marketing programs to promote existing local service.

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