On Wednesday the Tallahassee city commission will consider the implementation of the Air Service Incentive & Capacity Improvements program.
On May 8, 2025, the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency (BPIA) approved a Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Budget and five (5)-Year Capital Improvement Plan that included new economic development funding to recruit new air service to the community. As part of its FY 2026 Budget, the Office of Economic Vitality (OEV) established the Air Service Incentive & Capacity Improvements program under the Incentives, Grants, and Programs master project, with a total allocation of $10,050,000 funded through community-sponsored sources through Fiscal Year 2040.
The item before the commission takes the next necessary step to implement the incentive program by formalizing the administrative process necessary to carry out the delegation of approval authority to the City Manager related to service incentive funds for air service development, improvements, including Minimum Revenue Guarantees (MRGs)…