Search for second airline to serve La Crosse continues, as airport requests money from the county

The La Crosse Airport continues to look for more airline service, and it’s been seeking help from the county government.

Airport officials spoke at the county’s annual budget meeting on Tuesday, requesting around $250,000 to support efforts to attract new airlines. Airport director Jeffrey Tripp talked about a new air service workers group, which has set goals for improving local air service.

Tripp said the top goals of the group are to add more flights or destinations, regain air service to Minneapolis, or to attract a low-cost airline for leisure travel through La Crosse...

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Ken Notes: The region would benefit a great deal from an airline that services the Hubs like MSP, MKE, and ORD (Chicago). Maybe even ATL, DTW, SLC...