The Peninsula Airport Commission fired Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport Executive Director Ken Spirito for using several thousand dollars of airport money for personal expenses.
The commission voted to fire Spirito for cause after a three-hour closed-door meeting Monday.
It took the action after following up on interim findings by state auditors who are reviewing the commission’s 2014 decision to use taxpayer funds to pay off a $4.5 million debt owed by People Express Airlines to TowneBank.
