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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]
Toledo has nearly 717,000 residents living within a 25-mile radius, while 173,000 people live within 25 miles of Dubuque and 169,000 folks live within that radius in Ithaca.
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]
In 2017 the airline bid for EAS flying under the name "SkyValue Airlines." [9] On March 26, 2018, Great Lakes Airlines announced that operations would be suspended effective at midnight. However, certain segments of the company continue to operate, including Great Lakes Jet Express flights to Pierre and Watertown in South Dakota. [10]
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Great Lakes Airlines returned in 2009 with flights to Denver which continued until the current provider, American Eagle, began service in 2011. [8] American Eagle, operating on behalf of American Airlines, began serving GRI on June 9, 2011 with two daily flights to DFW using Embraer 145 regional jets.
The EU Commission in 2014 ruled that subsidies Ryanair received from a regional authority a decade ago had to be repaid (€525,000). [28] In June 2020, Flemish Economy Minister Hilde Crevits decided that trainings for airplane and helicopter pilots would no longer be subsidised in Flanders from 1 July 2020 onwards. [29]