Service halted in March by Feds because of previous carrier’s violations
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — Jackson’s McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport will go without commercial flight service through mid-November because of a shortage of trained pilots, officials said.
Commercial service at the airport was halted in March when the Federal Aviation Administration grounded the airport’s previous carrier, Smyrna-based RegionsAir, for federal training violations.
Billings, Mont.-based Big Sky Airlines was supposed to take over service in Jackson in May, but increased hiring at larger carriers left the airline with a shortage, said president Fred deLeeuw on Friday.
