Business View Magazine - Sept 2023

260 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 9 merica’s regional airports have always held a very strategic role in the nation’s aviation tapestry. Helping to offset traffic at larger airports, regional airports have become important hubs in their own right. Despite this traditional need for regional players, there have been fewer regional flights available across the country coming out of the pandemic; some smaller airports have felt the economic pinch. Monroe Regional Airport however, while facing similar challenges, is keeping busy, setting the bar high for regional airports hoping to grab a piece of the regional aviation pie. A GATEWAY TO A GION HOLDING MUCH APPEAL MONROE REGIONAL AIRPORT