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July 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Lynne Boyd,
PR Manager Laura Newman
Tunica
Convention & Visitors Bureau
Combs & Company
888-488-6422
501-664-3000
662-363-3800
lnewman@combsco.com
lboyd@tunicamiss.com
Tunica Airport Completes Arrival/Departure Canopy
TUNICA,
Mississippi (July xx, 2005) —The Tunica Airport completed the
construction of its arrival and departure canopy earlier this month,
according to Cliff Nash, Tunica Airport executive director. The new
structure is the Mid-South’s largest cantilevered canopy.
The canopy
– which is 28 feet high, 90 feet long and 90 feet wide – provides
all-weather access for passengers and aircraft arriving at Tunica
Airport. The structure also provides improved lighting and security,
Nash said. Its construction accommodates a multitude of aircraft,
including G5s to B757s, and provides visitors with safer, immediate
access to facilities and transportation.
“The design
is very innovative for us,” he added. “Its cantilevered structure
complements the architecture of the Air
Center and immediately
shows arriving passengers that the Tunica Airport is
customer-friendly as well as high-tech.”
Earlier
this year, a CAT I Instrument Landing System (ILS), medium intensity
approach lights with runway approach indicator lights (MALSRS),
Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS III p/t) and Remote
Communications outlet (RCO) were installed, giving the airport
all-weather capability. Last fall, the airport’s runway was extended
to 7,000 feet. Approximately $33 million in expansions and upgrades
have been completed to date, Nash said.
The next
major project at the Tunica Airport will be the construction of a
20,000-square-foot hangar, which is expected to begin later this
summer.
Other
future plans include the construction of an air traffic control
tower, 320,000-square-foot commercial apron, expanded general
aviation aprons and a terminal building.
For more
information about Tunica Airport, including services and updates on
construction projects, please visit the airport’s website at
www.tunicaairport.com. For FBO services, check out Tunica Air
Center’s new website at www.tunicaaircenter.com,
or call
(toll-free)1-877-FLY TUNICA. The website provides information about
car rentals, reservations at Tunica’s nine casino resorts, catering
services, fuel and more. Visitors who complete the arrival
registration on the website can receive a discount on fuel.
Tunica, an
area where cotton, rice, soybean fields and catfish ponds still
thrive, is “The South’s Casino Capital.” Located 30 minutes south of
Memphis, Tunica welcomes more than 10 million visitors annually to
its nine first-class casino resorts, with more than 6,300 new hotel
rooms, over 40 restaurants, championship golf, outdoor recreation,
museums, outlet and antique shopping, and much more. For travel
information, please visit the Tunica website at www.tunicamiss.com
or call Tunica at 1-888-4TUNICA.
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NOTE
TO EDITORS: For a variety of press images featuring the attractions
in Tunica, please contact Laura Newman at
lnewman@combsco.com, or Lynne Boyd at
lboyd@tunicamiss.com, and let us know your
preferences in regard to photo format and content.
For
more information about Tunica’s casino resorts, entertainment and
other attractions, plus a variety of photos, visit the Tunica
website at
www.tunicamiss.com. Images are available
for downloading, or we can provide you with additional photography
from our photo library.
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