ROCKLAND – The U.S. Department of Transportation, in a letter from Joel Szabat, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, notified Knox County Regional Airport and its manager Jeremy Shaw September 30 that it had selected.
MASSENA — Boutique Air officials say they plan to continue serving Massena International Airport until the end of March, although they have asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to rebid
MASSENA — Boutique Air officials want to terminate their Essential Air Service contract with the town of Massena so they can rebid at a higher rate. But, that doesn’t mean
The staff at McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport and the Jackson-Madison County Airport Authority has seen a drastic situation with its new airline, Boutique Air, and it’s prepared to take a drastic measure.
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A plane is pictured at the Chautauqua County Airport in Jamestown. The U.S. Transportation Department has denied a second proposal by Boutique Air Inc. to restore air service to the airport.
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Quietly, the U.S. Transportation Department has denied a second proposal by Boutique Air Inc. to restore air service to the Chautauqua County Airport in Jamestown.
Order 2020-12-27 was quietly issued on Dec. 31, 2020, denying the Sept. 17, 2019, joint proposal by Chautauqua County and Boutique Air to restore Essential Air Service program money to the Jamestown airport. The airport has been without a commercial air carrier since December 2017, when the federal Transportation Department terminated Essential Air Service eligibility for Jamestown because the local airport wasn’t meeting the federal standard of 10 passengers a day nor the federal government’s $200 per rider subsidy cap.