Interesting Press Release from Regional Airline Partners concerning comments made by WV's Senator Rockefeller and the loss of EAS funded commercial service at Bluefield WV. The articles reads that the Senator is saying that current EAS markets within 200 miles of a major hub airport will no longer be eligible for EAS funding. The last page of the 4-paged RAP Press Release identifies those small communities that would loss EAS funding if enacted. Some are currently served by US Airways Express code-sharing partners. May be the unfortunate opportunity for US Airways to dump a few of it's smallest markets. I'd bet these markets cost a lot of time, money, and congestion at the connecting hub. A sign of the times ahead for the smallest non-hub regional airports and regional airlines???
http://www.regionalaviationpartners.org/RA...ativeUpdate.pdf
http://www.regionalaviationpartners.org/RA...ativeUpdate.pdf