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Article: DETROIT SEEKING FEDERAL AID TO RETURN FLIGHTS TO CITY AIRPORT.
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- States News Service
- Article date:
- July 3, 2003
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WASHINGTON, Jul 2, 2003 (States News Service via COMTEX)
Airline service could return to Detroit City Airport under a proposal pending before the federal government.
Delta Air Lines is interested in flying 50-seat jets between City Airport and Cincinnati, but will need a $1 million federal grant to launch the service, Detroit airport officials have told the U.S. Department of Transportation.
But Detroit, a city with just under a million residents, probably doesn't qualify for the grant program, which is targeted at small communities served by airports that board fewer than 1.7 million passengers a year.
City Airport has no airline ...