More Good News for Aviation in Missouri

Thanks to former intern (and current staff member) extraordinaire Audrey Spalding for finding this piece on aviation in Columbia. It seems that Delta Airlines is having enough success serving the Columbia market that it is foregoing a tax subsidy for which it is eligible. I am fascinated by the airline industry and its status as the quintessential oligopoly. (Please don’t take my link to the Consumer Federation report as an indicator that I am in total agreement; it is just an interesting viewpoint.) I also love the line from Up In The Air where George Clooney discusses the historic significance of Lambert Airport. But I digress. … 

It is exciting that the private commercial airport in Branson is expanding its operations; it is also exciting that at least some airline service in mid-Missouri can be operated at a profit without government support. Here is to hoping for much more of both!