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St. Clair County Transit District is seeking bidders to construct the MetroLink Extension Light Rail Project.

The directors from five busy airports in the St. Louis region say the collaboration that takes place amongst their airports is unique in the aviation industry and a model for success — accounting for more than 36,500 jobs (between airport operations and tenants) and generating a collective annual economic impact that exceeds $10 billion and

Collaboration rather than competition is the watchword among the directors of the five St. Louis-area airports, according to panelists at a recent “Take Flight Forum” discussion (If you’re surprised to learn that St. Louis is served by five airports, you aren’t alone).

Five St. Louis area airport directors participated in the St. Louis Regional Freightway Take Flight Forum held on Wednesday at the Bi-State Development offices in downtown St. Louis.

WASHINGTON — Boeing said it proved in a virtual demonstration this spring thatseveral U.S. Navy aircraft types could task the company’s MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone with surveillance missions and receive live imagery in support of their own missions.

Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tanker test asset T1 has completed its second in-flight refuelling, this time supporting a US Navy (USN) Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye.

A construction project that started on Aug. 1 by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will provide improved access to MidAmerica St. Louis Airport (BLV) and the new Boeing Production Facility currently being built next to the airport.

A rescue vehicle coming to MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah doesn’t look like your standard firetruck.

Now that most airlines are no longer requiring masks and COVID rates are certainly down from the previous two summers, perhaps you are feeling a little more at ease with flying again.

A recent study by the Illinois Department of Transportation shows that airports in the state contribute nearly $100 billion to the economy.