Jackson airport addressing life after Southwest

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport is delaying security checkpoint upgrades and improvements to the concourse after a downgrading of its revenue bonds by Fitch Rating Service.

Fitch dropped the rating to BBB+ from A- on the heels of Southwest Airlines’ decision to stop nearly two decades of service on June 7.

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