The flights will be offered twice-a-week beginning Feb. 28, 2010 and ending May 30, 2010. The flights begin a few weeks before the annual Canadian-American Days Festival, when thousands of Canadians travel to Myrtle Beach.

Close to fifty people showed up at a seminar for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Thursday night.

Officials with The Horry County Departments of Airports met at the Horry County Government building to get community input on the proposed Terminal Capacity Enhancement Program at the Myrtle Bach International Airport.

The Community Appearance Board will hear a request for a final review for the footprint of the new terminal expansion and site improvements.

Wednesday, the Myrtle Beach Community Appearance Board held a workshop to get an update from developers about the new terminal design for the Myrtle Beach International Airport.

A Myrtle Beach Direct Air flight at Myrtle Beach International Airport was evacuated and passengers and luggage rescreened in response to a passenger’s cell phone conversation Thursday morning.

The Myrtle Beach International Aiprot is set to receive a large federal grant to help improve the current facility.

The city of Myrtle Beach’s Community Appearance Board got their first look at plans to expand and improve the Myrtle Beach International Airport Terminal.

Trans States Airlines, a regional carrier that operates under United Express, started two daily round-trip flights between Myrtle Beach and Washington Dulles on March 29 and plans to continue the service indefinitely, according to a press release issued Thursday.

Horry County Department of Airports (HCDA) today announced that they have received notification that the County will receive two grants totaling $6.9 million for improvements to Myrtle Beach International Airport and Grand Strand Airport.

Allegiant Air already announced flights from Huntington, W.V., and now adds Allentown, Pa. to the list of direct flights to Grand Strand.

Birds and airplanes share the same airspace, as evidenced by Thursday’s crash of a US Airways plane into the Hudson River following what was reported to have been double bird strikes.

A big factor in everyone being safe from yesterday’s airplane crash at the Hudson River in New York was the pilot, and the rescue crew responding quickly in the water.  Because the Myrtle Beach International Airport is so close to the ocean, officials say they have special procedures, if a plane ever hits the water.

During Tuesday’s workshop, council heard a presentation about the Myrtle Beach International Airport’s most up-to-date layout plan.

Council members passed the first reading of Ordinance 02-09 that reads “regulating the county-wide collection and disposal of solid waste generated within Horry County and for the prohibition of the disposal of solid waste materials in any manner except as set for herein and providing penalties for violation thereof.”