I previously wrote about my dissapointment when Delta pulled out of the Hilton Head Airport last fall.  The reason that Delta suspended service was due to the continued  brouhaha about the length of our local airport. The aircraft they were using was inefficient to utilize in our market and they needed to find a smaller aircraft that could operate within the limits of the airport runway length.  

 It appears to me that we have government officials (won't name them today) who have become very anti-airport and are failing to make important decisions that will ultimately affect the economic health of our community.  I sure hope they prove me wrong in the near future but from what I've seen so far, I really don't much like what I'm seeing. 

The good news today is that Delta will start up service on March 2 by utilizing the 34 seat  Saab 340 turboprops.  These were absorbed when Delta did the Northwest merger.  Service to Atlanta will resume---Let's hope it continues!  The residents of Hilton Head and Bluffton will certainly  benefit from having 2 carriers service our local airport.