A small carrier, Denver Air Connection, will launch service to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport next week with a route between Atlanta and Jackson, Tennessee.
Starting Sunday, Denver Air Connection will fly between Atlanta and the small West Tennessee city with 30-seat Dornier 328 jets and 50-seat Embraer EMB-145 jets. The service is funded through the federal Essential Air Service program, which subsidizes certain routes to maintain a minimum level of airline service to eligible small communities.
The flights from Hartsfield-Jackson on Denver Air Connection will go to Jackson’s McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport, which has had flights to Atlanta operated by Southern Airways Express on nine-seat Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft.
Denver Air Connection will replace Southern Airways Express service.
Denver Air Connection’s flights will be operated by Colorado-based charter operator Key Lime Air as regularly scheduled air carrier service. Officials say travelers from Jackson will have 12 flights a week on Denver Air Connection and will be able to connect in Atlanta to flights on other airlines.