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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 16, 2004

SCHUMER, CLINTON: FEDERAL FUNDS FOR PLATTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CLEARS KEY SENATE HURDLE

Airports would use federal funding to improve parking facilities, utilities, and hangars

US Senators Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee approved Plattsburgh International Airport to be given priority consideration for federal funds in the 2005 Senate Transportation, Treasury, and Appropriations Bill. The bill will now go to the Senate floor and then to the joint House and Senate Conference Committee before federal funds - if approved - will be allocated to the airport.

"You don’t need a degree in airport management to know that the more incentives you offer carriers, the more likely they are to bring service to the region," Schumer said. "This priority consideration for Plattsburgh International Airport is crucial so they can expand their capacity, make their airports more user-friendly, and above all meet new airport security requirements."
"Any opportunity we have to improve access to the Plattsburgh area is great news because more flights and better service simply means more jobs and more opportunities for the region. I hope that we can bring some additional funding to the Plattsburgh International Airport for tourists, businesses and residents alike," Senator Clinton said.

If given funds, the Plattsburgh International Airport would improve their parking lots, fuel farms, utilities, and hangars.

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