Regional airport plan could draw business

Eventual airport expansion seen as benefit from bill waiting for signature

July 8, 2012 at 5:58 a.m. | Updated July 8, 2012 at 5:58 a.m.

Friends and family members watch from the baggage claim area as travelers step off of a Delta Connection flight from Atlanta after arriving at the Columbia Regional Airport. (File photo July 8, 2012)
Friends and family members watch from the baggage claim area as travelers step off of a Delta Connection flight from Atlanta after arriving at the Columbia Regional Airport. (File photo July 8, 2012)

An eight-line section of a 65-page bill could help the Columbia Regional Airport serve all of Mid-Missouri better, its supporters said.

"It could create an airport authority, where the different counties could get together and operate the airport," Columbia Airport Manager Don Elliott explained last week.

And Randy Allen, president of the Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce, said it's an idea worth backing.

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