American Airlines will suspend service to Greenville airport beginning this fall

Bill Hopper, executive director at Pitt-Greenville Airport, got the news Thursday night: American Airlines will be suspending service to the small eastern North Carolina airport when its federal aid runs out in October. “It’s definitely something that we didn’t want to hear,” Hopper said. “We’re a small commercial service airport. … American Airlines is the only airline at this airport, and so it’s definitely going to impact air service in and out of this airport during that period.” In…