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Regional Airport & Small-City Air Service Watch

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Route additions and cuts at airports outside the 30 largest, Essential Air Service contract awards, bids and terminations, airline pullouts and new entrant launches, regional carrier shutdowns and…

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What this Tab covers

Route additions and cuts at airports outside the 30 largest, Essential Air Service contract awards, bids and terminations, airline pullouts and new entrant launches, regional carrier shutdowns and fleet changes, airport fee, parking and terminal changes, state and local air service incentive programs, new nonstop routes from mid-size airports and fare comparisons against the nearest hub, with the airport or city first.

  • Route additions, cuts and frequency changes at US airports outside the 30 largest
  • Essential Air Service awards, bids, terminations and subsidy changes
  • Airline pullouts and launches by Allegiant, Breeze, Avelo, Sun Country, Frontier, Spirit, JetBlue, Alaska, Southwest and the legacy carriers
  • Regional carrier shutdowns and fleet changes at SkyWest, Republic, Envoy, PSA, Piedmont, Mesa, CommuteAir, Contour and Southern
  • Airport fee, parking, terminal and TSA changes
  • State and local air service incentive funds
  • Fare comparisons against the nearest hub

Why it matters

A new nonstop from the home airport saves a three-hour drive and $80 in parking every trip; an airline pullout announced with 90 days of notice means booking the last flights now; an EAS award tells a town whether it keeps service at all.

Who it is for

  • The 60 million Americans who live closer to a small airport than a hub, and everyone with family in a town that just lost its flights.

Why it runs when it does

Weekly · Friday 15:00 UTC. Airlines file schedule changes on Thursdays and Fridays; the brief lands before weekend booking

How to operate it

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    Brief for Regional Airport & Small-City Air Service Watch
    Track air service at small and mid-size US airports. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: route additions, cuts, seasonal changes and frequency reductions at airports outside the 30 largest, with start and end dates; Essential Air Service contract awards, bids, terminations and subsidy changes; airline market entries and exits by Allegiant, Breeze, Avelo, Sun Country, Frontier, Spirit, JetBlue, Alaska, Southwest and the legacy carriers; regional carrier shutdowns, contract losses and fleet changes at SkyWest, Republic, Envoy, PSA, Piedmont, Mesa, CommuteAir, Contour and Southern; airport fee, parking, terminal and security checkpoint changes; state and local air service incentive programs; and published fare comparisons between a regional airport and the nearest hub. Prefer airline route announcements, DOT EAS dockets, airport authorities, state transportation agencies and established aviation reporting; ignore rumors and schedule-scraper speculation without an airline confirmation. Put the airport or city first in the title with the route and the date. Use high severity for a total pullout or last-carrier exit, an EAS termination, or a new nonstop to a top-10 hub from an airport with fewer than five destinations. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, what to do, the date, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.

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Route additions and cuts at airports outside the 30 largest, Essential Air Service contract awards, bids and terminations, airline pullouts and new entrant launches, regional carrier shutdowns and fleet changes, airport fee, parking and terminal changes, state and local air service incentive programs, new nonstop routes from mid-size airports and fare comparisons against the nearest hub, with the airport or city first. · Fridays around 3 PM UTC · Minimum reliability: 90%
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