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From USA TODAY's Airport Check-in column: More commercial airline service could be in store for Massachusetts' Worcester Regional Airport after the city agreed to sell the airport to the Massachusetts Port Authority. Massport has managed the airport for about a decade, but as owner, it would be free to upgrade the airport's facilities.

The agreement is scheduled to take effect July 1, pending the formal approval of the Worcester City Council.

"The fact is the city should not be running an airport. In terms of economic development and bringing jobs to the city, Massport has the expertise to bring in more airlines," Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, who helped broker the deal, told the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Worcester airport sold to Massport

Source : www.usatoday.com