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Silver Airways officially welcomed to Pine Belt

Thursday, January 10th, 2013, 2:00pm

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Jones and Forrest County officials, airport board members and airline representatives prepare to cut a ribbon to celebrate the arrival of Silver Airways to the Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport.

JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM)- Officials with the Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport gathered with representatives of Silver Airways to officially welcome them to the Pine Belt. A ribbon was cut at the Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport Thursday morning to celebrate three months of service from the Florida-based air carrier.

Silver Airways took over from Delta Airlines in October as the airport's lone commercial carrier. It offers two non-stop flights each weekday and one on the weekend to Atlanta.

"It was a seamless move and the aircraft and schedule is working well at this point," said William K. Ray, chairman of the Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport Authority Board of Commissioners.

"We see nothing but good things for this sort of joint relationship we have with the community," said Mickey Bowman, vice-president for Essential Air Service for Silver Airways.

Airport administrators, staff and board members are also celebrating several terminal access improvements, including the construction of new hangars, a new handicap access ramp and new road paving around the airport.