Trump budget would cut in half longstanding air service subsidy

Billy Jones on North Country Airports Potentially Impacted by Federal Budget Cuts

We ask Assemblyman Jones about the impact federal budget cuts could have on Essential Air Service Flights out of smaller airports here in the North Country. The post Billy Jones on North Country Airports Potentially Impacted by Federal Budget Cuts appeared first on Mountain Lake PBS.

Trump budget would cut in half longstanding air service subsidy

President Donald Trump’s budget proposal would cut funding by more than half for the Essential Air Service program, which has ensured daily jet service to Wrangell, Petersburg, Yakutat and Cordova for almost 50 years. The program covers 65 small communities in Alaska — which includes 11 in Southeast — and 112 communities in the Lower 48, Hawaii and Puerto Rico as of late last year. Congress create...