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As of November 2013, Great Lakes Airlines received $58,299,575 in annual federal subsidies for Essential Air Services that they provided to rural airports in the U.S. [3] Great Lakes Airlines was a large United Express feeder carrier from 1992 to 2002 operating to over 100 cities.
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) subsidizes airlines to serve communities across the country that otherwise would not receive scheduled air service. [1] As of June 1, 2015, 159 communities in the US received EAS subsidies, of which 44 were in Alaska, two in Hawaii, and one in Puerto Rico. [2]
The 1960s saw an enormous military charter boom as a result of the combination of Vietnam-driven military charter demand, the transfer to the airlines of volume previously carried the military's own flights and the rise in rates from the end of competitive bidding. From fiscal 1960 to fiscal 1969, DOD international RPMs increased over eight times.
Great Lakes Airlines then served the airport from 2008 through 2011 with direct flights to Denver making a stop at Worland, Wyoming. Silver Airways was the final air carrier to serve Lewistown providing service on a Billings - Lewistown - Havre route from 2011 until July 15, 2013.
In November 2022, Cape Air, which was the carrier serving the airport at the time, requested to terminate its essential air service contract at the airport, citing rising costs that were causing it to lose money at the airport even with federal subsidies. Round-trip flights continued until Contour Airlines took over in August 2023. [10]
Great Lakes Airlines flew from Miles City to Denver with one stop at Gillette, WY using Beech 1900D aircraft from 2008 through mid-2011. [ 7 ] Silver Airways was the final carrier providing service to Billings from 2011 until all service ended on July 15, 2013, after government subsidies were cancelled due to a lack of passenger traffic.
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Order 2012-9-9 (September 10, 2012): re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide subsidized Essential Air Service (EAS) with 19-passenger Beechcraft B-1900D aircraft at Merced and Visalia, California, for the two-year period from October 1, 2012, through September 31, 2014. The annual subsidy rates will be set at $1,698,878 and ...