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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 11:47 pm
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Originally Posted by IslandBased
That may be the situation in remote, rural areas of states like Alaska, where no other form of transportation is available. Cape Air probably doesn't get government payments for the routes it flies.
Sorry but you are wrong. The program is called the Essential Air Service Act and as you can see from their own report Cape Air most definitely gets MILLIONS (by my quick math 21 MILLION of the 160M went to Cape Air) and this report excludes Alaska.......

http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/aviation/x-5...airservice.htm
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