Southern Airways Express

Southern Airways, the Jonesboro Municipal Airport service provider, will have nearly 40 Cessna Grand Caravans upgraded to hybrid electric aircraft as part of the deal. read more >

Air Choice One, which has provided service to Jonesboro since 2012, will operate under the Southern Airways name. read more >

Southern Airways Express adds Friday and Sunday flights connecting the El Dorado, Harrison, and Hot Springs airports to each other and will add Memphis-Hot Springs flights in June. read more >

Southern Airways Express retains its Essential Air Service contracts in Arkansas and continues to be highly reliable despite a pandemic that has pummeled the industry, officials say. read more >

Is air service essential enough that taxpayers should subsidize private companies because there isn’t enough consumer demand? The cities and airports served by EAS, in Arkansas and elsewhere, don’t struggle to answer that question at all. And Congress is on their side. read more >

The airport code is HOT, and these days it’s both an identifier and a description: Traffic, revenue and optimism are climbing at Hot Springs Memorial Field. read more >

Southern Airways Express LLC has seen its passenger traffic climb since it began offering flights in Arkansas in early 2017. read more >

Southern Airways announced last week a new non-stop daily flight from South Arkansas Regional Airport in El Dorado to Memphis International Airport and one-stop service to Nashville, beginning May 2. read more >

Whether passengers will soon be flying again from the South Arkansas Regional Airport in El Dorado is up in the air as the U.S. Department of Transportation reviews the community’s appeal of the airline selected to provide subsidized Essential Air Service. read more >

The Department of Transportation chooses Southern Airways Express LLC of Memphis to service three Arkansas airports left in the lurch after the September bankruptcy of SeaPort Airlines. read more >