Essential Air Service Program Could Lose $16 Million Under Sequestration

The U.S. government program that subsidizes air services to rural airports is facing up to $16 million in cuts come Jan. 2 if Congress does not act to prevent sequestration. The budget penalty to the Essential Air Service (EAS) program would impact the program’s two fiscal 2013 funding sources...

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