Oscoda-Wurtsmith loses bid to become site of new jet factory

The Bay City Times updates their March 3 article.

The Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport didn't make the final cut of airports the state will promote in an effort to lure a new jet factory to Michigan.

The Michigan Economic Development Corp. decided the former Air Force bomber base didn't have a deep-water shipping port close enough and lacked enough workers in the region to support the needs of European airplane-manufacturing giant Airbus.

The MEDC instead chose Alpena Regional Airport, Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti and an airport in Sault Ste. Marie as candidates it will back in an effort to land an Airbus factory.