, and all of Ohio鈥檚 commercial airports are at a disadvantage in attracting new airline services. That鈥檚 according to the Ohio Aviation Association, which wants the state of Ohio to help change things.
When the state of Pennsylvania offered $3 million in revenue guarantees. The service is now out of Pittsburgh.
Aviation expert Russell Mills, of Bowling Green State University, said Ohio lost out at least partly because it doesn鈥檛 have a state incentive program.
鈥淥hio is sort of surrounded by states that have done this a bit lately, so Indiana with and Pittsburgh as well," he said. "The question really is鈥攁nd I鈥檓 on the board of the Ohio Aviation Association鈥攊s this something Ohio should pursue. And we feel it is, given the competitive environment that exists in the air service world today.鈥�
The Ohio Aviation Association is calling on state leaders to create a $15 million fund for incentives to attract airline services to Ohio airports.
