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Recent News
Below are recent news articles and media releases about the Hagerstown Regional Airport. Past articles are available in our Archived News.
Director of Hagerstown Regional Airport to retire
(HAGERSTOWN, MD — July 22, 2010)
After about 15 years as director of Hagerstown Regional Airport, Carolyn S. Motz has announced she plans to retire at the end of the year.
(full article at Herald-Mail.com)
Volleyball fundraiser: Its name really is MUDD
(HAGERSTOWN, MD — July 17, 2010)
There was sun, music and water — but it wasn’t exactly a day at the beach. It was more like Club Mud.
(full article at Herald-Mail.com)
Allegiant Air terminates local flights to Florida
(HAGERSTOWN, MD — July 16, 2010)
Allegiant Air’s final flight from Hagerstown Regional Airport took off Friday morning, and already airport officials are working to replace it with a similar service ...
(full article at Herald-Mail.com)
Sierra Nevada offers plane for Gulf cleanup
(HAGERSTOWN, MD — July 15, 2010)
Sierra Nevada Corp., a defense contractor operating in Washington County, is sending a plane to the Gulf of Mexico to help map the oil spill.
(full article at Herald-Mail.com)
Hagerstown Aviation Museum Presents “Aviation Heritage Days” June 19 & 20
featuring Wings & Wheels Car Show, 50s/60s Dance, Aircraft Displays, Vintage Aircraft Flights
New Flight School Takes Off
(HAGERSTOWN, MD — May 28, 2010)
Shortly after the Aviation Academy shut down, one of its instructors, Aaron Harrison, contacted the airport about his desire to start a new flight school.
(full article at Herald-Mail.com)
Allegiant Announces End Of Service From Hagerstown
(HAGERSTOWN, MD — June 4, 2010)
The carrier’s last day of service to Orlando–Sanford Regional Airport will be July 19. ...
Aviation School Is A Positive Change For Airport, County
Editorials
(HAGERSTOWN, MD — May 27, 2010)
… At Hagerstown Regional Airport, it looks as if there soon will be a mutual meeting of employers and employees, following the announcement that the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics will open an aviation-technician school in the Top Flight Air Park early next year.
(full article at Herald-Mail.com)
“Hushed,” parts of which were shot in Hagerstown, is debuting at Cannes Film Festival
(May 17, 2010)
The 24–minute short, “Hushed,” will debut at the 2010 Cannes Short Film Corner. Director Vincent Brando said a third of the film was shot at Hagerstown Regional Airport.
(full article at Herald-Mail.com)
(More info on the film at the official Hushed website)
Pittsburgh Institute Of Aeronautics To Open School At Airport
(HAGERSTOWN, MD — May 11, 2010)
The program is expected to start in January or early February and will enroll 25 students in its initial class
(full article at Herald-Mail.com)
Forest fire near Whitetail contained after burning 45 acres
Airport Supports Forest Firefighting Effort
(MERCERSBURG, PA — April 7, 2010)
A special task force trained to fight forest fires worked into the night Wednesday to battle a blaze that ripped through about 45 wooded acres off Blairs Valley Road in Franklin County.
(full article at Herald-Mail.com)
Cape Air modifies flight schedule
(HAGERSTOWN, MD — April 5, 2010)
Beginning Thursday, Cape Air will modify its schedule for flights between Hagerstown and Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport to add an additional flight on Mondays and Fridays and offer one less round-trip flight on Saturdays and Sundays, airline spokeswoman Michelle Haynes said.
(full article at Herald-Mail.com)
Cape Air Adds Flights to Mid Atlantic service in Hagerstown, Maryland
(HYANNIS, MA — April 5, 2010)
Beginning April 8th ... The new Hagerstown – BWI schedule features five round trip flights on Mondays and Fridays, four flights Tuesday through Thursday and three flights on weekends.
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(LAS VEGAS, NV — April 5, 2010)
Allegiant Travel Company and its a subsidiary low-cost airline, Allegiant Air, LLC, are providing the perfect excuse to get away to Florida, with air fares as low as $29.99* each way, free* night of hotel stay and a kids eat free*** offer.
Sierra Nevada earns Diamond Aviation Maintenance Technician Award
(HAGERSTOWN, MD — March 16, 2010)
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Hagerstown Business Area was honored Tuesday by the Federal Aviation Administration in recognition of its outstanding safety endeavors in 2009.
(full article at Herald-Mail.com)
Defrost From Nose To Toes
Airline Offers Fares as Low as $37.99* to Florida
(LAS VEGAS, NV — Janurary 19, 2010)
Allegiant Air is providing customers the perfect opportunity to thaw out from the winter cold. For a limited time, the low-cost carrier is offering air fares as low as $37.99* one-way to Florida and a FREE** night hotel stay at Allegiant preferred Florida hotels.
Aircraft School Could Give City Back Its Identity
(HAGERSTOWN, MD — Janurary 9, 2010)
Hagerstown still is known as the Hub City, even though the hulking locomotives, freight cars and Pullmans that gave it the name largely exited the scene a half-century ago. ... we might be on the brink of something meaningful, stable and valuable, if officials at Hagerstown Regional Airport can successfully land an aircraft technician training program somewhere near the massive landing strip.
(full article at Herald-Mail.com)