Essential Air Service

Buried deep inside the 1,068-page act are new stipulations for the Essential Air Service (EAS) and Small Community Air Service Development (SCASDP) programs.

Back at the end of February 2024, AirlineGeeks reported that JetBlue had put in a proposal for its first-ever Essential Air Service (EAS) contract.

JetBlue could be mere months away from flying to an Essential Air Service community with a first-of-its-kind proposal filed on Thursday.

New Pacific Airlines, or more specifically known as Ravn Alaska, has proposed service to two Essential Air Service (EAS) communities in the Midwest. 

Advanced Air announces its 12th and 13th destinations, including the longest Dornier 328Jet route in the United States at over 600 miles.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has revealed which communities will receive subsidies for air service. There are a few that stand out.

Here’s here you can find unique Essential Air Service routes

Hawthorne, California-based airline Advanced Airlines has just been awarded its third Essential Air Service contract. While three may not seem like a lot compared to the mass number of contracts that carriers like SkyWest have, it is still growth for an airline that only a few years ago had only a single EAS community and […]

Denver-based Denver Air Connection, or more commonly known as DAC, will be expanding from its Minneapolis/St. Paul hub, which is due to a contract refresh. Pierre, S.D., an EAS community the airline has served since June 2021 when SkyWest terminated their contract here, along with nearby Watertown, S.D., which have a joint EAS contract and […]

Roughly one year ago, in March of 2022, SkyWest requested to terminate 29 Essential Air Service communities around the United States. We are now a year later and a lot has changed, and it is not the only airline that has requested to terminate EAS communities as fellow commuter airlines Boutique Air and Cape Air […]