Lafayette Regional Airport

There will be an industrial trades job fair in Lafayette today. Workers are needed for construction jobs at Lafayette Regional Airport.

Frontier Airlines announced yesterday that it will be suspending direct flights from Lafayette to Orlando on August 10

More good things are coming to the Lafayette Regional Airport as a new $4.06 million rental car facility is planned.

The Lafayette Airport Commission, along with Congressman Clay Higgins, are seeking assistance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in finding a solution to long security lines at the airport.

Lafayette's airport will benefit from another grant.

Passengers who arrived in Lafayette last night didn't get to see much of the Lafayette airport because most of the power was out in the concourse.

Traveling to or through Atlanta via air might be tougher than you think because of a power outage that left the nation's busiest airport in the dark for almost a day.

The new terminal at the Lafayette Regional Airport will feature a design that got a 4.18 rating out of five from some 5,110 members of the community who gave their opinion. The Airport Commission took the public's opinions into consideration, and they voted last night to pick RS&H Designer Frank Gratton's "Journey" design. ...

Bell Helicopter has committed to operating in Lafayette for the next two years.

The Bell Helicopter company was to begin production of its new model of chopper in the Hub City, but has withdrawn from that idea.

The Lafayette Airport Commission is accepting applications for Disadvantaged Business contractors who can contribute to the building of a new airport terminal.

A one-cent sales tax collected for eight months last year raised more than $32 million for airport improvements.

The new $90 million terminal will be is part of $150 million in future projects at the airport.

The tax money will fund the new terminal along with other upgrades and renovations at the airport.

The money collected from the tax is about a third of the amount needed to complete the entire project, and officials expect to get the remaining funds from the state and federal governments.

This committee will review all the architecture and engineering firms who submit proposed plans for projects at the airport.

Some 42,623 passengers used the Lafayette Regional Airport in July 2015.

Vitter urged FAA to issue federal funds to Louisiana airports.

Today's travelers expect to stay connected when they are away from the office or home.

The drill is designed to test the airport's current emergency plan.