Director of Aviation at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Mike Edwards, says conversations surrounding the airport's governance model began around three years ago. The state legislature signed off on the move last year, along with the Metro Council appointing the members of the Baton Rouge Regional Airport Authority.
Director of Aviation at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Mike Edwards, says conversations surrounding the airport's governance model began around three years ago.
The state legislature signed off on the move last year, along with the Metro Council appointing the members of the Baton Rouge Regional Airport Authority.
Now, Edwards says the final step is underway to make the transition official.
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Director of Aviation at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Mike Edwards, says conversations surrounding the airport's governance model began around three years ago. The state legislature signed off on the move last year, along with the Metro Council appointing the members of the Baton Rouge Regional Airport Authority. Now, Edwards says the final step is underway to make the transition official.
Airport is taking critical steps to become a standalone airport authority. In 2024, the airport underwent a governance study. "I have observed that this airport is really self-sufficient in its own way, and so actually being under the city-parish government meant that we had to get approval for just about everything," Baton Rouge Metro Airport Board Commissioner...
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