over with flights to Atlanta and Orlando but soon discontinued service in late 2014. Under both GeorgiaSkies and Silver Airways, passenger traffic dropped precipitously due to the loss of the seamless connections ASA offered with Delta's flights from its Atlanta hub. The Macon airport then saw no commercial air service for nearly three years. On August 12, 2017 Contour Airlines began offering daily flights to and from Baltimore using 30-passenger ERJ-135 aircraft under an Alternative Essential Air Service contract. resulting in a substantial recovery in passenger numbers from the GeorgiaSkies and Silver days. Contour also briefly offered flights to and from Tampa between December 2018 and February 2019, with less success than its Baltimore route. In addition to these scheduled flights, a number of irregular casino charters have been offered in recent years. Airlines and destinations Statistics Cargo operations There are currently no cargo operations operating at Middle Georgia Regional Airport. See also List of airports in Georgia (U.S. state) References Other sources Shettle, M. L. (2005), Georgia's Army Airfields of World War II. Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-2007-28671) from the U.S. Department of Transportation: Ninety-Day Notice (July 2, 2007): Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. gives notice of its intent to discontinue its service between Macon, Georgia, and Atlanta, Georgia after October 1, 2007. ASA's service is operated as "Delta Connection" service under agreements with Delta Air Lines, Inc. Order 2008-5-43 (June 3, 2008): selecting Pacific Wings, L.L.C. d/b/a Georgia Skies, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Athens and Macon, with 9-seat Cessna Grand Caravan C 208B turboprop aircraft, for the two-year period beginning when the carrier inaugurates full EAS at both communities, at an annual subsidy of $2,437,692. Order 2011-1-17 (January 18, 2011): terminating the carrier-selection case at Macon, Georgia, and relying on Pacific Wings, LLC, d/b/a Georgia Skies to provide subsidy-free essential air service (EAS) at the community as it proposed. We are also terminating Pacific Wings’ current subsidy at the community effective seven days after the issuance of this order. 90-day notice (April 26, 2012): of Pacific Wings' intent to terminate unsubsidized service to Macon, Ga. effective July 26, 2012. We are taking this action due to the potential for USDOT to introduce federally subsidized competitors in EAS locations already receiving service at no cost to the federal government, just as the Department recently did in Kalaupapa, Hawaii. Order 2012-5-25 (May 24, 2012): prohibits Pacific