It's time to add another item to the list of things you probably haven't heard of but are paying for anyway with your tax dollars — the Essential Air Service. This program has been around for nearly ...

Essential Air Service subsidies helped ensure that small airports around the country continued seeing flights after airlines were deregulated.

A federal program that subsidizes flights to small airports across the country could significantly shrink, if President Donald Trump gets his way. But in its budget proposal for the next fiscal year, ...

A federal program that supports flights across dozens of rural communities in Alaska may be halted as soon as Sunday due to the government shutdown. Subsidies to support the Essential Air Service ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Once in jeopardy, funding for Essential Air Service — which supports flights from 65 communities in Alaska — has received $41 million in funding, enough to keep the program ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Funding for a federal program that supports flights from 65 communities in Alaska may run out as soon as Sunday due to the government shutdown. The U.S. Department of ...

WILLIAMSTOWN – Additional funding has been secured for the program that subsidizes commercial flights at rural airports as the federal government shutdown continues. According to a notice from the U.S ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ongoing shutdown of the U.S. government is not expected to affect flights at Pueblo Memorial Airport subsidized through the Department of Transportation’s Essential Air Service (EAS) program, at ...