JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Complications from the federal government shutdown are canceling flights at major airports across the U.S. – but federal funds have been secured again to continue supporting flights ...

It claims that EAS’s spending has more than doubled between 2021 and 2025 and proposes a mix of reforms to adjust eligibility ...

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 ...

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 administration's FY2027 budget would trim $372 million from the program while calling its spending "out of control." ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has announced that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has secured $41 million in additional funding to sustain the Essential Air Service (EAS) program, ...

The government wastes almost $700 million a year on subsidies that were supposed to expire in 1988.

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation said it secured enough funding to keep the Essential Air Service program flying through Nov. 2. The federal subsidy program that services more than 100 rural ...

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 ...

The Department of Transportation secured additional funding to sustain the Essential Air Service program through early November. The Essential Air Service program subsidizes flights to ensure smaller ...