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Critics question the economic and environmental efficiency of the service. [6] According to a 2006 New York Times article on the program, the subsidy per passenger, averaged across the entire program excluding Alaska, is approximately $74, and much higher on some particularly poorly patronized flights [7] where subsidies are as high as $801 per passenger.
Two air carriers already serving Hawaii have submitted proposals to provide federally subsidized essential air service at Lanai Airport. If approved, it could become the first essential air ...
The order was the first essential air service subsidy for Lanai since it qualified over 40 years ago. Mokulele took over unsubsidized EAS on Lanai on Oct. 23, 2020, after ‘Ohana by Hawaiian ...
Essential Air Service, or EAS, is a federal subsidy provided directly to carriers to offset the cost of rural operations and ensure air service in smaller communities. MGW Director Jon Vrabel said ...
Order 2009-10-13: selecting Hyannis Air Service, Inc. d/b/a Cape Air, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Marion/Herrin, Quincy, and Cape Girardeau, for a two-year period beginning when Cape Air inaugurates full EAS at each of the three communities and ending at the close of the 24th month thereafter, at a combined annual ...
Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-1996-2009) from the U.S. Department of Transportation: Order 2002-12-26 (December 31, 2002): selecting Cordova Air Service, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service at Cape Yakataga and Icy Bay, Alaska, at a subsidy rate of $40,619 a year (flying to/from Cordova).
Essential Air Service, or EAS, is a federal subsidy provided directly to carriers to offset the cost of rural operations and ensure air service in smaller communities.
In February 2016, Mokulele Airlines re-applied for Essential Air Service subsidy for Imperial County Airport and Visalia Municipal Airport after SeaPort Airlines terminated service in late January. Imperial County selected Mokulele, but Visalia voted instead to shift from EAS to request $3.7 million from the Community Flexibility Pilot Program ...