For the month of November, New England’s largest luxury Automall, Warwick AutoMall in Warwick, Rhode Island will be donating $50 for every car sold to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.

At dawn, a passenger boards a small commuter jet at T.F. Green Airport, in Warwick. Below left, Mike Hauschen, a first officer for Southwest Airlines, checks a plane before it takes off for Orlando. The Providence Journal / Bob Thayer (c) 2008 Providence Journal. Provided by ProQuest LLC.

A day in the life of T. F. Green Airport, a city that never sleeps. (c) 2008 Providence Journal. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.

Recently, AT&T chose to move its corporate headquarters from San Antonio to Dallas. One of the primary reasons for this change was a lack of direct service from San Antonio's airport. Rhode Islanders should learn from this recent news item: Plentiful air service is important for business.

By Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, R.I. Jul. 17--Passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick dropped 8 percent in June compared with the same month a year ago. Total passengers -- people getting on at Green plus people getting off there -- reached 420,324 last month.