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The Chattanooga Airport’s new energy-efficient 9,000 square foot corporate flight center (FBO) terminal facility was recently awarded platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) green building certification program.

The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport saw 4.33 percent enplanement growth in 2011 with passenger boardings reaching 304,016. Total passenger traffic (enplanements and deplanements) through the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport in 2011 came to 608,886.

Mike Landguth, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority (CMAA), has accepted the position as Airport Director of the Raleigh-Durham Airport. He has submitted his resignation to the airport’s board of commissioners, effective November 4. Landguth has served as President and CEO since July of 2004, and Vice President of Operations at the Chattanooga Airport since 1999.

Wilson Air Centers announced today that they will partner with the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority to manage a new Fixed Base Operator (FBO) in Chattanooga.

Delta Air Lines has announced that it will offer daily nonstop service from its Detroit World Gateway to Chattanooga, Tennessee beginning September 7, 2010.

Vision Airlines announces today the launch of its non-stop, low-fare air service between Chattanooga, Tenn., and Destin - Fort Walton Beach, Fla., beginning April 1, 2011, with rates starting at $89/one way*. To celebrate the largest expansion of a commercial airline in more than a decade, travelers may book flights to Florida at the $49/one way* introductory fare, when booked between Jan. 18 - 23, 2011.

Lower fares are coming to the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport courtesy of US Airways, who will be introducing a new lower fare structure for local travelers. Many of US Airways' fares to the airport's top destinations have been reduced 30%-50%, leaving them within $80 of fares from Atlanta.

Due to strong community demand, Allegiant Air, LLC, has reversed its earlier decision to end service and will now continue low-cost, nonstop service to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport resuming Nov. 20.

The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport saw a record-breaking number of passengers board airplanes in October. Passenger boardings grew by 25% over the same month in 2006, with 28,394 enplanements - the highest one-month total on record.

Chattanooga, Tenn., residents will soon have yet another way to get to the sun as Allegiant Air, LLC announces new, nonstop jet service to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport beginning Dec. 13.

The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport saw passenger boardings grow by 19% in Q1 2007. During the first three months of the year, 68,511 passengers have boarded in Chattanooga, as opposed to 57,627 passenger boardings in the same period of 2006.

The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority has partnered with the Airnet Group to provide airport visitors and passengers free wireless service.