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Options to enhance the long-term viability of the Essential Air Service program

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  • Creators:
    Hecker, JayEtta Z.
  • Corporate Creators:
    United States. General Accounting Office
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  • Publication/ Report Number:
    GAO-02-997R
  • Resource Type:
    Policy Statement
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. General Accounting Office
  • Abstract:
    Over two decades ago, the Congress deregulated the airline industry, phasing out the federal

    government’s control over domestic fares and routes served and allowing market forces to

    determine the price, quantity, and quality of service. Concerned that air service to some small

    communities would suffer in a deregulated environment, the Congress established the Essential

    Air Service (EAS) program as part of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. The act guaranteed

    that communities served by air carriers before deregulation would continue to receive a certain

    level of scheduled air service. Special provisions were provided for guaranteeing service to

    Alaskan communities. In general, the act guaranteed continued service by authorizing the Civil

    Aeronautics Board, whose duties were later transferred to the Department of Transportation

    (DOT), to require carriers to continue providing service at these communities. If an air carrier

    could not continue that service without incurring a loss, DOT could then use EAS funds to award

    that carrier, or another carrier willing to provide service, a subsidy. These subsidies are intended

    to cover the difference between a carrier’s projected revenues and expenses and provide a

    minimum amount of profit.

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