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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The director of Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport said Thursday he was happy with the federal government’s move to extend ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Once in jeopardy, funding for Essential Air Service — which supports flights from 65 communities in Alaska — has received $41 million in funding, enough to keep the program ...

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 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 ...

PENDLETON — The federal subsidy that funds passenger air service between Pendleton and Portland remains aloft. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy issued an official notice Oct. 6 warning of a ...

Funding for a program subsidizing rural air travel is set to continue through early November despite the ongoing government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Transportation told airlines on Wednesday.

From Pendleton, Oregon, it’s a three-hour drive to Portland — or a 55-minute hop on an 8-seat plane. That flight exists thanks to the Essential Air Service program, a federal subsidy that was created ...

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 ...