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September 28, 2023 12:28 pm ET -
Sun Country Seeks More Subsidized Air Service
Sun Country, a Minneapolis/St. Paul-based ultra-low-cost carrier which operates a fleet of Boeing 737-800s, has begun the process of applying for more Essential Air Service (EAS) contracts. Roughly a year ago, the carrier took the aviation community by surprise winning…
August 21, 2023 10:00 am ET -
Essential Air Service: Where Are the Biggest Markets
Essential Air Service (EAS) is truly a hot issue with EAS routes changing more in the past year than they have in the past five, with airlines requesting to terminate service left and right. The top EAS carriers have also…
April 16, 2023 6:19 am ET -
Denver Air Connection Expands in Minneapolis
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…
December 12, 2022 10:50 am ET -
Delta Re-Adjusts EAS Tag Flights, Again
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has once again updated its ever-changing flight schedule for some of the small communities it operates to in the Midwestern U.S. While most of the communities do lose their tag flights and go back to their…
December 5, 2022 7:00 am ET -
Trip Report: Sun Country Inaugural at Eau Claire
Minneapolis-based Sun Country Airlines has been expanding a lot recently with a major announcement a couple of weeks ago adding 12 new destinations to their route map. However, out of all the destinations they could've announced, Eau Claire, Wis. is…