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More Time For Wichita In Subsidy Dispute

But Wichita City Leaders Say Nothing Has Changed

The FAA has given Wichita city officials more time to respond to an ultimatum: Stop subsidizing AirTran or lose your airport grants. But that may not make a difference -- city leaders appear unwilling to change their minds and stop multi-million dollar payments to the airline.

As ANN reported last month, Wichita has so far paid AirTran $7 million to fly passengers to and from Atlanta. Delta Airlines, which flies the same daily route, objected to the FAA, calling the subsidies unfair discrimination. The FAA agreed, saying its grant contracts prohibit airports from favoring one airline over another.

The FAA originally set May 6th as the deadline for Wichita to respond. That deadline was extended after city officials asked for more time -- another 30 days. But "nothing has changed," City Manager George Kolb told the Wichita Eagle Tuesday. "We'll respond appropriately."

The Wichita City Council runs Mid-Continent Airport after it disbanded the airport authority in 1999. The FAA's beef centers on the fact that the city, which pays AirTran the subsidies in dispute, runs the airport. The agency suggests one way to avoid a showdown on the subsidies is for Wichita to reconstitute the airport board. But city officials say they don't see that as necessary.

FMI: www.wichitagov.org

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