JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Complications from the federal government shutdown are canceling flights at major airports across the U.S. – but federal funds have been secured again to continue supporting flights ...

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 ...

Nearly 200 remote communities could find themselves cut off from civilization if the government shutdown lasts through the weekend when funding for their rural airports runs dry – and the outlook for ...

The Department of Transportation secured additional funding to sustain the Essential Air Service program through early November. The Essential Air Service program subsidizes flights to ensure smaller ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...