Essential Air Service

The administration’s FY2027 budget would trim $372 million from the program while calling its spending “out of control.”

The airline will reconnect a regional airport that has been without commercial service for months.

Report finds post-pandemic recovery has lagged at smaller airports, with funding gaps and airline industry shifts compounding challenges.

More than 160 U.S. airports — 40 in Alaska alone — could lose Essential Air Service funding if the shutdown continues past Sunday.

Funding will run out by Sunday, Duffy said.

Charter airline Air Wisconsin is reportedly being sold to a Florida-based private aviation company and selling some of its CRJ-200s.

A protest letter from a regional airport has offered new insight into the collapse of a roughly two-year partnership between Air Wisconsin and American.

JetBlue has submitted a formal proposal to the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide more Essential Air Service (EAS) flights.

Earlier this year, American ended its capacity contract with the carrier, leaving it with no regularly scheduled flights since early April.

Breeze has submitted a request to the U.S. Department of Transportation seeking approval to modify its current Essential Air Service (EAS) pattern.