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Article: Indianapolis-Based Airline Inaugurates Service at Fort Wayne Airport.
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- The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN)
- Article date:
- March 23, 2004
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Byline: Kevin Leininger
Mar. 23--FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Fort Wayne rolled out the red carpet for its newest business Monday -- a flying carpet, at that.
Government and business leaders turned out in droves to welcome America Trans Air Connection, marking a successful end to five-year campaign to bring lower-cost air service to Fort Wayne International Airport.
The $2.5 million agreement between ATA and the Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority, ratified last week, will bring the Indianapolis-based airline to Fort Wayne for at least one year, starting June 1. But the relationship is expected to last much longer than that, said Rick Larsen, ATA ...