Posts Tagged ‘Essential Air Service’
 

 
A Great Lakes Airlines Beech 1900D (N240GL) landing at LAX. (Photo by Brian Gershey)

Meet An Airline That Doesn’t Want Federal Subsidies: Wait, Really?

Great Lakes Airlines says it no longer needs Uncle Sam's money to fly to Dickinson, North Dakota thanks to the region's booming oil business.
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A particularly dirty SeaPort Airlines Pilatus (N933SP) takes off from Boeing Field. (Photo by Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren)

Athens, Georgia Wins Flights to Nashville Courtesy of Uncle Sam

The Essential Air Service program has awarded a $1.5 million annual contract to SeaPort Airlines to fly between Athens and Nashville.
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Delta Drops 24 Rural Destinations, Asks Feds for Bigger Subsidies

Delta Air Lines announced Friday that it would discontinue 24 routes, most of them serving rural cities for which the airline receives federal subsidies.
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