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The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport announces a new low fare structure filed by US Airways between Chattanooga and Charlotte, starting at $198 on a 21-day advance purchase ticket.

The short and long term parking lots at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport will be under construction beginning September 6. This project originally began in February, but after completing Phase 1 - which included widening the exit lanes to provide greater convenience to local passengers - the work was postponed during the busy summer travel season.

American Eagle, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, will add nonstop service between Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport beginning Aug. 1.

The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority today unveiled a new airport website designed to make air travel information easier to access for local passengers. The website address is www.chattairport.com.

The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority is temporarily postponing the rehabilitation of its Short- and Long-Term Parking Lots. After double-digit growth in passenger numbers in February, the parking lot was getting too full to accommodate the Airport's customers and continue the construction.

The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority is partnering with the University of Tennessee Knoxville's Imaging, Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS) Laboratory to research hi-tech solutions to infrastructure challenges at the Airport.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced that all lighters will be prohibited from sterile areas of airports and onboard aircraft. This action is in response to a provision in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which was signed into law by the President on December 17, 2004, and requires that "butane" lighters be added to TSA's Prohibited Items List.

he short- and long-term parking lots at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport will be under construction beginning March 7. The project will be divided into several phases to minimize the impact to local passengers. The week before an area will be closed for construction, signage will be posted indicating what dates the work will begin in a particular area, and that passengers should only park in that area if their return date falls before the posted start date. Any cars left in the posted area on the start date will be moved to an adjoining lot.

The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport increased enplanements (passenger boardings) in 2004 by 3.06%, ending the year with 244,470 total boardings. Deplanements for the year rose by 3.25%, reaching 239,688. Total passenger traffic through the Chattanooga Airport in 2004 was 484,158.

Delta Air Lines' nationwide implementation of their SimpliFares program has lowered many fares from the Chattanooga Airport literally overnight. Not a sale or promotion, Delta says their SimpliFares are part of the airline's transformation plan which promises to offer customers easy, accessible and reliable prices every day.

The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport will gain four additional flights into the city between January 1, 2005 and February 7, 2005. Airport Authority officials report that American Eagle will begin additional regional jet service between Chattanooga and Chicago on January 31, 2005.

The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority announced today that they are teaming with National Safe Skies Alliance, a nonprofit security testing organization, to test hi-tech security equipment at Lovell Field. The partnership will bring $4 million in technology and manpower into the Chattanooga Airport and the local community.