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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 159
BY REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL JACKSON
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study and make
recommendations relative to enhancing air service options to all markets within the
state, as well as exploring the feasibility and benefits of the state providing financial
assistance or incentives to the air service industry and to report the findings of the
study to the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, the
Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, and to the air
carrier and general aviation airports within the state of Louisiana, no later than
February 1, 2012.
WHEREAS, Louisiana has air service access with six regional airports in addition
to the New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport; and
WHEREAS, a vital component to the success of tourism and economic development
is the availability of safe, secure, and reliable air transportation as recognized in Louisiana's
economic development blueprint, Louisiana: Vision 2020; and
WHEREAS, air transportation connectivity to and from the rest of the nation is
critical to the economic positioning of Louisiana communities within the national and global
communities; and
WHEREAS, increasing fuel costs and shrinking fleets have raised revenue levels that
a given market must produce; and
WHEREAS, it is critical to the economic development of Louisiana that an air
service incentive program be offered by Louisiana to recruit competitive air services and
other air carrier airports to the state; and
WHEREAS, the state of Louisiana and the Louis Armstrong International Airport
would see a significant impact in both the increase in available air service, as well as the
increase in the number of passengers able to access Louisiana through safe, secure, and
reliable air transportation; and ENROLLEDHR NO. 159
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WHEREAS, it is vital to the continued revitalization of the state of Louisiana, as well
as continued economic growth, that the Department of Transportation and Development
study air service in the state of Louisiana and make recommendations to enhance air service
for the benefit of the state's citizens and businesses.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Department of Transportation and Development to study and make
recommendations relative to enhancing air service options to all markets within the state, as
well as exploring the feasibility and benefits of the state providing financial assistance or
incentives to the air service industry and to report the findings of the study to the House
Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, the Senate Committee on
Transportation, Highways and Public Works, and to the air carrier and general aviation
airports within the state of Louisiana, no later than February 1, 2012.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development and to the director of
aviation for each general aviation airport within the state of Louisiana.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES