Downtown airport gets international flight

MOBILE, Ala. - The downtown Mobile airport welcomed its first international flight Monday morning, the Mobile Airport Authority said. Airbus has begun weekly shuttle flights between Mirabel, Canada, and the downtown airport, connecting the two cities responsible for manufacturing the A220 aircraft. Several months ago the Federal Aviation Administration approved changing the name of the airport to Mobile International Airport. The airport authority plans to move all commercial air service from the Mobile Regional Airport in west Mobile to the downtown airport. MAA said it expects to break ground on a new international terminal early next year. (Source: WALA-TV, 08/23/22