4:17pm

Sun May 20, 2012
Business and the Economy

Blue Grass Airport Sustains Success

Credit Charles Bertram/Lexington Herald-Leader
A Delta jet took off from Blue Grass Airport in 2010. Most commercial jets flying into Lexington are 50-seaters, but Delta and other carriers have some planes coming in with 117 to 150 seats.

Most of the commercial flights leaving Lexington's Blue Grass Airport are full these days, which makes airport officials happy. Still, those officials are keeping a watchful eye on airline industry trends, particularly airline mergers and bankruptcies, in an effort to keep passenger counts and numbers of flights, destinations and available seats from sliding.