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

For the Boutique Air flight between Pendleton and Portland, passengers are weighed before boarding the eight-seater plane. The plane is seen on Sept. 2, 2025. Lillian Karabaic / OPB From Pendleton, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...