Great Lakes used to operate flights as United Express from Meigs to Springfield. After it lost the United Express contract, it still operated the flights until ATA started operating MDW-SPI flights. However, it looks like there was still a 'pork shuttle' running -

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...i%2Dnews%2Dhed
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Illinois officials said the closing would not halt the daily shuttle flights the Illinois Department of Transportation operated for state employees from Meigs. The shuttle, which operates between Chicago and Springfield, now will run from Midway, said Mike Monseur, a spokesman for IDOT.

Monseur said the shuttle flights often were diverted to Midway because of weather conditions. Weather caused Meigs to close as much as 25 percent of the time, city officials have said.

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