It's time to add another item to the list of things you probably haven't heard of but are paying for anyway with your tax dollars — the Essential Air Service. This program has been around for nearly ...

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, ...

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 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 ...

Just this week, the US Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, was able to announce that the department was successful in securing an additional $41 million in funding to continue the Essential Air ...

The Department of Transportation said Wednesday that it secured $41 million in additional funding for a program that provides subsidies for airlines to operate in communities with little to no ...

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 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 ...