Paulding Airport Plan Perturbs Delta CEO, Atlanta Mayor
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
Hours after plans were announced to bring commercial airline service to Paulding County, Delta Air Lines' CEO and Atlanta's mayor vowed a fight.
New York-based Propeller Investments Friday said it had inked a deal with Paulding officials to rename the airfield Silver Comet Field at Paulding NW Atlanta airport.
Propeller's CEO, Brett Smith, also says he's in talks with "several" carriers to bring scheduled air service to Paulding, including ones now serving Hartsfield-Jackson. "We expect to make an announcement before the end of the year," Smith says.
Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson apparently didn't care for the news, telling the Atlanta Journal-Constitution he'd work with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed to "oppose any investment in that facility."
