Logo for Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Austin Straubel International Airport celebrated a milestone this week, 100 years of Delta Air Lines.
A new exhibit inside Concourse B highlights the 97 years Delta has provided service to Green Bay.
The airline, which was founded in 1924, began as a small crop-dusting operation. In 1928, Delta and Green Bay began one of the longest continuous air service partnerships in the state.
As to why the relationship is so vital to the region, Austin Straubel International Airport Director Marty Piette had this to say, “Delta provides one stop access to any place in the world. So from an economic development standpoint, that’s incredibly important for our businesses to be able to have access to the air transportation system to get to their factories, to get to their headquarters.”
Delta accounts for 50% of passenger traffic at Austin Straubel, offering non-stop flights to Detroit, Minneapolis and Atlanta.
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