Officials say the Lafayette Regional Airport served nearly 30,000 more passengers in 2014 than in 2013, the sixth straight year of record-breaking numbers.
The newly appointed director of Lafayette Regional Airport said the future terminal project at the airport attracted him to the job and that he has experience with overseeing construction of a terminal at an airport in Texas.
President and CEO of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce Jason El Koubi said overwhelming approval by voters for a one-cent sales tax to build a new terminal at Lafayette Regional Airport is an example of investment in the future.
Lafayette Regional Airport commissioners are urging voters parishwide to approve a one-cent sales tax to fund improvements to the terminal at the airport.
City-Parish President Joey Durel joined ‘Nathan and Bernie in the Morning‘ for his weekly ‘Lafayette Live‘ segment to discuss tax and explain why he believes this tax will both insure economic growth and help restore the community's faith in local government.
Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel joined 'Nathan and Bernie in the Morning' for his weekly 'Lafayette Live' segment to discuss the tax, and what an improved Lafayette airport means to the region.
The tax can't move forward without the approval of the Lafayette City Parish Council and Lafayette Airport Commission members say they will work to get council approval by the end of April.
Cruse says when all the information is totaled, there were 471,332 airplane passengers for 2013, which is an increase of 10,394 passengers over 2012's record year.
Delta Connection/Atlanta lead the way with 89.4 percent of their seats filled being filled in November, followed by American Eagle/Dallas with 86 percent and United Airlines/Houston with 83.2 percent.