Airline Industry

Cape Girardeau International Airport held a groundbreaking on Tuesday, April, 11th. This comes as part of wide-sweeping changes to the infrastructure and overall updates, which began with an update to the runways last year.

A Renovation is coming to Taxiway B at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport— it's part of many planned improvements, aiming to bring more business to and through the regional hub.

At the Mon. 21st City Council Meeting, Katrina Amos, Manager of Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, along with various airport personnel clarified the future of the SkyWest partnership, introduced upcoming developmental projects, and proposed a plan for the airport's rebranding.

The City of Cape Girardeau announced that Skywest had planned to terminate its service at CGI, leaving flight services to end within 90 days. Less than a week after the announcement, The US Department of Transportation barred SkyWest from terminating flights to and from its 29 regional locations.

Southeast Missouri State University introduced an aviation program last year alongside the growing staffing shortage. Kenneth Jackson, Director of Aviation Operations at Southeast says graduates and undergraduate students should not be concerned about the industry’s shortage, but instead view it as a bank of opportunity.

Originally, the airline offered two daily flights, one in the morning/afternoon, and another in the evening. Currently, the schedule adjustment will remove departing flights on Tuesdays and Saturdays, but maintain their evening return flights from Chicago O’Hare.