These Cities Could Lose Airline Service With the New Federal Budget

These Cities Could Lose Airline Service With the New Federal Budget

What do Bar Harbor, Maine; Tupelo, Mississippi; and Crescent City, California, have in common? They all have commercial airline service that’s subsidized by U.S. taxpayers. They’re also cities that could lose airline service if proposed cuts to the subsidy program in the White House’s budget proposal aren’t removed before the budget bill is passed. But why is the federal government subsidizing airline service when the industry was deregulated in…