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SkyWest Adds Flights to Two New York EAS Airports
Plattsburgh and Ogdensburg, two airports in northern New York state, have been in aviation news a substantial amount in the past three months. Both are Essential Air Service cities, and in mid-January 2022, SkyWest announced it would be terminating service to…
March 10, 2022 6:48 pm ET -
United Express Requests Termination of 29 EAS Routes
While the aviation industry is on the rise from the pandemic, pilot shortages are now facing carriers in full stride. But one area is being hit the most: small communities. Back at the beginning of January 2022, United exited 11…
March 3, 2022 4:01 pm ET -
Interview: Northern New York Communities Reject Replacement Carrier
Ogdensburg and Plattsburgh, two Essential Air Service communities located in northern New York State have been in aviation news a lot recently. It started back in January 2022 when SkyWest, the carrier that holds the current Essential Air Service Contract…
February 20, 2022 6:00 am ET -
SkyWest Reduces Essential Air Service Flights
Essential Air Service (EAS) is a group of government-funded airports around the country that airlines bid for and then are respectively won. Contracts are by law required to be followed out until completion unless they want to face heavy fines…
January 30, 2022 6:00 am ET -
Essential Air Service News — January 2022
Note from the writer: In the commercial aviation world, there is always news to report, and even the smallest airports have news to report on. This will be a different segment than the "EAS Round-Up" stories, which focus only on…