U.S. Essential Air Service

Following a 22-year pause, Seward, Alaska, may once again have scheduled flights. The town’s airport last had scheduled air service in 2002.

Regional carrier Air Wisconsin is seeking two Essential Air Service contracts in the Midwest, with two unique proposals.

In 2022, the town of nearly 34,500 was one of many small communities that felt the effects of pilot supply woes at regional airlines.

Breeze is the latest carrier to join the Department of Transportation’s Essential Air Service (EAS) program with a route to two new airports.

After less than two years of serving the community, Sun Country will lose its only Essential Air Service (EAS) contract in Eau Claire, Wis.

JetBlue will receive over $10 million a year from the federal government to operate its newest route which launched this week.

With a new EAS contract, Denver Air Connection will be expanding to the busiest airport in the world, and home of its newest interline partner.

It is very rare to get so many proposals for a single EAS contract. This is likely the first time a community has seen six, giving them many options.

The airline now faces the loss of its only Essential Air Service (EAS) contract after a recent vote by the Chippewa Valley airport commission.

New rules set by Congress may place limits on certain long distance Essential Air Service (EAS) routes in the coming years.