Thursday, March 28, 2013

Worcester Regional (KORH), Massachusetts: Airport meeting next week on commercial air service

WORCESTER —  Massport and public officials, who have been working for months to bring a major airline to New England's second-biggest city, will host a meeting next week to discuss commercial air service at Worcester Regional Airport.

Thomas P. Glynn, chief executive of the Massachusetts Port Authority, and Michael V. O'Brien, city manager, are hosting the Wednesday morning event. Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray also will attend.

Massport, state and city officials have been trying to persuade executives from JetBlue Airways Corp. to add Worcester to their list of destinations. Officials visited JetBlue headquarters in New York earlier this month to continue discussions. At the time, Mr. O'Brien said the airline was in the final stages of making a decision about Worcester.

JetBlue executives have been very public about their consideration of Worcester, talking about the city at press conferences and on social media.

Worcester Regional Airport has been without passenger service since the collapse of Direct Air last year.

The airport is scheduled to lose its air traffic controllers because of federal budget cuts, but planes can land there using other procedures.

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