Essential Air Service program

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Transportation
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:Alaska gptkb:Hawaii gptkb:Puerto_Rico gptkb:U.S._Virgin_Islands gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:budget	over $300 million (as of 2023)
gptkbp:createdBy	gptkb:Airline_Deregulation_Act_of_1978
gptkbp:eligibility	communities that lost service after deregulation
gptkbp:establishedIn	1978
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Essential Air Service program
gptkbp:numberOfCommunitiesServed	over 100 (as of 2023)
gptkbp:providesSubsidiesTo	airlines serving small communities
gptkbp:purpose	to guarantee small communities maintain commercial air service after airline deregulation
gptkbp:subject	periodic review and bidding by airlines
gptkbp:subsidizes	scheduled passenger air service
gptkbp:website	https://www.transportation.gov/policy/aviation-policy/small-community-rural-air-service/essential-air-service
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Air_Choice_One gptkb:Southern_Airways_Express gptkb:Subcommittee_on_Aviation
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6