Posted Apr 4, 2020, 11:54 PM
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Airport lands a new flight, and it’s a big one
By Wayne Risher/ The Daily Memphian
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With Southwest Airlines beginning service to Atlanta this weekend, Delta Air Lines has just made a big announcement of its own. The airline announced Friday, March 6, it would launch daily nonstop service between Memphis International Airport and Boston Logan International Airport, beginning in October. “This will be one of MEM’s most well-received flight additions of the past few years,” said Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority chair Pace Cooper. “We’re very excited that Delta is once again growing in Memphis to serve the needs of our community.” Though it once offered nonstop service between the Bluff City and Boston, Delta discontinued the flight in early 2014. The airport has been actively lobbying for nonstop service for Boston for the past few years. The desire for such service was heightened when Boston-based Indigo Ag announced in 2017 it would establish its North American commercial operations headquarters in Memphis and hire up to 700 employees here. There already was substantial demand for a Boston nonstop, from FedEx, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and others, even before Indigo Ag became a factor, Cooper said.
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Story - https://dailymemphian.com/section/bu...nonstop-flight
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