Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The director of Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport said Thursday he was happy with the federal government’s move to extend ...

The Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport has been served by Contour Airlines under Alternate Essential Air Service grants since 2018. (File Photo) WILLIAMSTOWN — The U.S. Department of Transportation ...

RESULT OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. THERE ARE TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY DURING THE SHUTDOWN, BUT OFFICIALS SAY ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE AT THE LEBANON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WILL ...

Trump’s FY2027 budget proposes a $372M cut to Essential Air Service, reviving a push to scale back subsidies for rural air ...

Funding for a program subsidizing rural air travel is set to continue through early November despite the ongoing government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Transportation told airlines on Wednesday.

The government shutdown, which has dragged out to 28 days, could risk funding for Essential Air Service, a U.S. Department of Transportation program that subsidizes commercial flights to small ...

Nearly 200 remote communities could find themselves cut off from civilization if the government shutdown lasts through the weekend when funding for their rural airports runs dry – and the outlook for ...

Here's how things have evolved since 2000 and how the federal program has sustained service to northern Maine.

From Pendleton, Oregon, it’s a three-hour drive to Portland — or a 55-minute hop on an 8-seat plane. That flight exists thanks to the Essential Air Service program, a federal subsidy that was created ...