After a turbulent time during the pandemic things are slowly heading in the right direction Author: Jade Cunningham / WWL Eyewitness News Published: 6:22 PM CDT May 25, 2021 Updated: 6:22 PM CDT May 25, 2021
NEW ORLEANS More people are traveling these days, which is bringing life slowly back to MSY. Things are looking up, said Director of Aviation, Kevin Dolliole. You can see it. It s evident as you move around the facility.
The pandemic has been nothing short of turbulent for Louis Armstrong International, however, Dolliole says things are finally starting to take off. There was a moment of concern, he said. You know as employments or as passenger counts drop that much your revenues go away.
Breeze Airways Announces New Service out of New Orleans
As Americans and Louisiana residents come out from under the coronavirus pandemic and set our sites on traveling once again there is good news for those who enjoy taking their journey s via budget airlines. Breeze Airways has announced they will begin service later this year out of Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans.
The promise of Breeze Airways is cheap direct flights to mid-sized cities across the south and midwest. A brief look at the lineup of destinations soon to offered suggests that this could be a great way for Louisiana travelers to reach destinations in the southeast, the eastern seaboard, and the midwest.
What to expect ahead of President Joe Biden s visit to Louisiana Share Updated: 8:21 PM CDT May 5, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 8:21 PM CDT May 5, 2021
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Show Transcript EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. BEFORE I GET TO THE COVID UPDATE I DID TO NOTE THAT. I’LL BE HAPPY TOMORROW TO WELCOME PRESIDENT BIDEN BACK TO LOUISIANA. WILL BE VISITING LAKE CHARLES AND THEN NEW ORLEANS. TO DISCUSS HIS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AND PERSONALLY I CAN’T THINK OF A BETTER PLACE. TO DO THAT AND IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN LOUISIANA. AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. I’LL BE JOINING THE PRESIDENT AND LAKE CHARLES TOMORROW AT THE BRIDGE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS FITTING. INFRASTRUCTURE IN LOUISIANA ROADS AND BRIDGES HAVE BEEN GIVEN A D+ GRADE. LOUISIANA HAS 1,634 BRIDGES IN POOR CONDITION. LATER THAT DAY. HE WILL TOUR WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEW ORLEANS. AND IT WILL SEE
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Work to begin on Luling Business Park and Enterprise Center
Construction is scheduled to begin later this year on the Luling Business Park and Enterprise Center, a light-industrial distribution park in St. Charles Parish.
The site at 260 Judge Edward Dufresne Parkway is 24 miles from downtown New Orleans and 11 miles from Louis Armstrong International Airport.
The first phase of construction will include a 250,000-square-foot Class A distribution building, according to the project’s website. The park is being developed by Rio Morado LLC, owned by the Besthoff family which has developed many other properties in the metro area.
“We see a need in Greater New Orleans for large, modern distribution facilities with high ceilings, 50-foot column spacing and ESFR sprinkler systems,” family spokesman Andrew Marcus said in a news release. “We will begin to meet this need by building a 250,000-squar- foot distribution building within the overall master plan of the site, which calls