“But they would be competing with cheaper fares there,” he said.Īn El Dorado-Atlanta route is another possibility, he said. SkyWest, a Utah-based regional airline, has discussed offering flights from El Dorado to Colorado or New York, Estes said, adding that he advised the airline to consider flights to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The current contract expires May 1, 2021.ĭuring an airport commission meeting Monday, Johnathan Estes, manager of South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field, said he has heard from another airline who has expressed interest in bidding for the federal contract to provide EAS service to El Dorado, Hot Springs and Harrison.
Per its EAS contract for El Dorado, Southern Airways, whose corporate office is located in Memphis, is to offer 12 round trip flights to Dallas and six to Memphis each week, with a subsidy of $2.5 million for 2019 and $2.6 million for 2020. Southern Airways also serves Hot Springs and Harrison, two other EAS communities in Arkansas, offering flights to Dallas and Memphis. Southern Airways Express has served as El Dorado’s EAS provider since 2017, having been awarded its current two-year contract in 2019. 17 is the deadline to turn in bids for the federal EAS contract, which subsidizes airlines who serve small communities and guarantees that those communities have a minimal level of scheduled air service.
Mickey Murfee, chairman of the El Dorado Airport Commission, said Aug. The bidding period has opened for Essential Air Service providers to submit proposals to the U.S.
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