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U.S. Essential Air Service
U.S. Essential Air Service
[ U.S. Essential Air Service ]September 2, 2020 5:06 pm ET
Essential Air Service: What It Is and Why It's Needed
Every year, people around the country pay their taxes and begin to complain about which government programs are necessary and which are not. And every year the same question comes up: why does the government shell out millions of dollars in federal aid to airlines in order to fly — in some cases empty aircraft — to cities nobody has ever heard of? Because it’s essential. History of EAS Essential Air Service has played an interesting role in this country…
August 28, 2022 3:48 pm ET -
SkyWest/United Express Cut Another City
Back in the Spring of 2022 SkyWest, under the United Express brand, requested to terminate 31 Essential Air Services (EAS) communities. In some of these communities, SkyWest has already left and new carriers have come in, like the community of…
August 13, 2022 9:16 pm ET -
Sun Country Schedules First-of-its-Kind EAS Flight
In mid-July 2022, the Department of Transportation posted a document selecting Sun Country as the airline that will serve the Essential Air Service of Eau Claire in Wisconsin. When the DOT decision was made it was a shock to most…
August 2, 2022 8:00 pm ET -
Delta Follows Other Major Airlines Adding “Tag Routes”
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has made it through the pandemic without starting a single tag route. Other airlines such as United, American, Alaska, and others combined destinations into a single flight to save costs during the pandemic due to severely…
July 17, 2022 7:29 pm ET -
Sun Country Selected for Essential Air Service Contract
Essential Air Service (EAS), the government-funded program providing air service to small communities around the U.S., has been in the newS a lot recently. With new contracts being selected almost every month around the country, and SkyWest requesting to terminate…
May 26, 2022 6:00 am ET -
Denver Air Connection Announces 14th, 15th Destinations
Denver Air Connection — more commonly known as DAC — is a Colorado-based airline that has pushed a rapid expansion over the past two years and is showing no signs of slowing down. The carrier has announced two new destinations,…