Despite US government shutdown, Pueblo Essential Air Service flights continue

Despite US government shutdown, Pueblo Essential Air Service flights continue

Despite the government shutdown, Pueblo Memorial Airport flights will continue through the Essential Air Service program for the foreseeable future.

US secures $41mn to sustain Essential Air Service programme

The US Department of Transportation has secured USD41 million to prevent the Essential Air Service programme, which subsidises flights to rural communities, from running out of funding due to the US government shutdown. In a statement on October 8, Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said the funding should prevent the programme from lapsing into early November. EAS provides subsidies to carriers serving routes that are not commercially profi…