Spinn555
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Newspaper headlines from one of my favorite parts of the nation:
Big Sky to provide air service to Sheridan
SHERIDAN -- Big Sky Airlines has won a two-year federal subsidy to provide air service to Sheridan County Airport.
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Monday awarded an Essential Air Service subsidy worth $336,701 a year to Big Sky.
Big Sky will replace Cheyenne-based Great Lakes Aviation, which sought a subsidy of $806,914.
"Cost was a significant factor in the decision," said DOT spokesman Bill Mosley.
Big Sky will fly a 19-passenger aircraft.
Local officials wanted Great Lakes to get the federal funding to fly bigger planes in and out of Sheridan, said Bill Bailey, director of the Sheridan Area Development Alliance.
But DOT concluded that the larger aircraft were too expensive and that three nonstop round trips to Denver on 19-passenger planes offered by Big Sky would be adequate for Sheridan, according to the order.
"We're already getting complaints from hunters wanting to fly in here because they can't get their gear and hunting equipment on those smaller planes," Bailey said.
No more 2-hour drives from BIL to get the Big Horns!
Big Sky to provide air service to Sheridan
SHERIDAN -- Big Sky Airlines has won a two-year federal subsidy to provide air service to Sheridan County Airport.
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Monday awarded an Essential Air Service subsidy worth $336,701 a year to Big Sky.
Big Sky will replace Cheyenne-based Great Lakes Aviation, which sought a subsidy of $806,914.
"Cost was a significant factor in the decision," said DOT spokesman Bill Mosley.
Big Sky will fly a 19-passenger aircraft.
Local officials wanted Great Lakes to get the federal funding to fly bigger planes in and out of Sheridan, said Bill Bailey, director of the Sheridan Area Development Alliance.
But DOT concluded that the larger aircraft were too expensive and that three nonstop round trips to Denver on 19-passenger planes offered by Big Sky would be adequate for Sheridan, according to the order.
"We're already getting complaints from hunters wanting to fly in here because they can't get their gear and hunting equipment on those smaller planes," Bailey said.
No more 2-hour drives from BIL to get the Big Horns!
