Contour Airlines to continue service at Tupelo airport

Contour Airlines will continue to provide service to the Tupelo Regional Airport through September of 2020.

Posted: Mar 21, 2018 10:05 AM

Posted By: Mel Carlock

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - Contour Airlines will continue to provide service to the Tupelo Regional Airport through September of 2020.

The U.S. Department of Transportation approved the contract with the air carrier and the airport board in a letter dated Tuesday, March 20.

Contour will be paid just over $10 million during the 31-month contract that went into effect March 1st under the Alternate Essential Air Service Program.

The program provides government subsidies to help maintain commercial air service in smaller airports like Tupelo.

Contour will continue to provide flights to Nashville, but the contract will allow the airline and the airport to continue talks on service needs.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 265146

Reported Deaths: 5777

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	17741	191
Hinds	16891	332
Harrison	14279	204
Rankin	11239	220
Jackson	10917	190
Lee	9071	145
Madison	8599	169
Jones	6731	118
Forrest	6208	124
Lauderdale	6121	192
Lowndes	5544	120
Lafayette	5205	98
Lamar	5058	65
Washington	4933	125
Bolivar	4126	109
Oktibbeha	4083	82
Panola	3869	81
Pontotoc	3774	60
Monroe	3686	110
Warren	3685	103
Marshall	3571	70
Union	3568	64
Pearl River	3495	106
Neshoba	3490	154
Leflore	3118	109
Lincoln	3067	88
Hancock	2942	62
Sunflower	2919	75
Tate	2806	62
Alcorn	2731	54
Pike	2701	81
Itawamba	2693	63
Scott	2600	48
Yazoo	2567	56
Prentiss	2537	54
Coahoma	2497	55
Copiah	2497	49
Tippah	2497	50
Simpson	2428	72
Leake	2381	67
Marion	2242	73
Grenada	2239	72
Covington	2210	73
Adams	2151	71
Wayne	2137	34
Winston	2076	71
George	2047	39
Newton	1999	46
Attala	1970	64
Tishomingo	1949	61
Chickasaw	1893	44
Jasper	1811	38
Holmes	1720	68
Clay	1668	37
Tallahatchie	1572	35
Stone	1525	25
Clarke	1481	62
Calhoun	1413	22
Smith	1300	26
Yalobusha	1233	35
Walthall	1145	37
Greene	1137	29
Noxubee	1130	26
Montgomery	1120	36
Carroll	1068	22
Lawrence	1068	17
Perry	1051	31
Amite	1021	26
Webster	968	24
Tunica	890	21
Claiborne	888	25
Jefferson Davis	884	30
Benton	858	23
Humphreys	847	24
Kemper	809	20
Quitman	713	9
Franklin	706	17
Choctaw	637	13
Wilkinson	598	25
Jefferson	568	21
Sharkey	452	17
Issaquena	160	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 441170

Reported Deaths: 6660

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	64681	1007
Mobile	31620	572
Madison	28310	217
Tuscaloosa	21525	275
Montgomery	19954	332
Shelby	19335	132
Baldwin	17256	189
Lee	13205	107
Morgan	12639	142
Etowah	12107	181
Calhoun	11521	206
Marshall	10471	123
Houston	9009	164
Limestone	8349	81
Cullman	8274	124
Elmore	8214	110
DeKalb	7894	107
Lauderdale	7871	107
St. Clair	7854	130
Talladega	6481	112
Walker	6036	183
Jackson	6015	45
Colbert	5499	94
Blount	5473	86
Autauga	5376	62
Coffee	4624	64
Dale	4107	85
Franklin	3749	50
Russell	3575	15
Chilton	3454	73
Covington	3396	80
Escambia	3354	44
Tallapoosa	3149	109
Dallas	3132	96
Chambers	3042	70
Clarke	3002	36
Pike	2625	31
Lawrence	2541	55
Marion	2537	61
Winston	2336	42
Bibb	2223	48
Geneva	2115	47
Marengo	2093	31
Pickens	1996	31
Hale	1852	44
Barbour	1827	38
Fayette	1786	29
Butler	1744	60
Cherokee	1657	31
Henry	1599	25
Monroe	1524	21
Randolph	1464	36
Washington	1423	27
Clay	1305	46
Crenshaw	1240	45
Macon	1223	37
Cleburne	1218	25
Lamar	1202	22
Lowndes	1155	36
Wilcox	1079	22
Bullock	1035	28
Perry	1000	18
Conecuh	979	22
Sumter	905	27
Greene	779	23
Coosa	636	18
Choctaw	519	24
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0