Congress Balks at Essential Air Service Cut
Congress isn't buying the Transportation Dept.'s latest bid to shrink Essential Air Service (EAS) subsidies for airlines that serve small communities. The Bush administration proposed that in Fiscal 2006, EAS receive only the $50 million from FAA overflight fees mandated by Congress in 1996...
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