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Great Lakes Takes Over Passenger Service To Jonesboro, AR

Carrier Replaces Mesa in Essential Air Service Program

A $1.6 million contract was approved by the US Department of Transportation last week, outlining plans for Great Lakes Aviation to provide passenger air service to Jonesboro, AR.

The announcement came after Mesa Air Group announced in January it would discontinue twice-daily flights to Dallas to and from the community. The financially strapped carrier had been operating since 2001 under the federal government Essential Air Service program and was the only scheduled service in and out of the airport.

The Essential Air Service program subsidizes passenger air service to residents in 140 rural communities across the United States. The Jonesboro Sun reports Wyoming-based Great Lakes Aviation and Missouri-based Multi-Aero Inc. were the only two carriers to bid on the Jonesboro route.

The Multi-Aero bid pitched using smaller aircraft, while the Great Lakes plan offered using the 19-seat Beech 1900 twin turboprop aircraft; the same type of equipment used by Mesa.

The Aviation Committee of the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce wrote a letter to federal authorities last month endorsing Great Lakes' proposal over Multi-Aero.

"The Department of Transportation's choice of Great Lakes Aviation to service the Jonesboro area is great news for our community," said US Rep. Marion Berry, D-Gillett. "Their services will not only allow local residents the option to fly out of an airport closer to home, this air service advances Jonesboro's image as a destination for companies interested in establishing their business in the area."

Under the terms of the new contract, Great Lakes will provide two flights a day to St. Louis, a one hour and ten minute flight from Jonesboro. 

"There are some people who are going to miss the ability to go to Dallas" said Mayor Doug Formon. "St. Louis has a lot to offer though. Great Lakes connects to so many other airports once you get to St. Louis. You have your choice of going wherever you need to go from there basically."

FMI:  www.jonesboro.org, www.greatlakesav.com

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