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[Fubijaakr]

Any figures on how much of Alaska's flying is government subsidized?

There are only a few EAS airports in the system...Petersburg, Wrangell, Yakutat and Cordova. The last number I heard was the EAS contract was worth just a tad over $3M.

 

[CesnaCaptn]

From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_Air_Service#Subsidized_routes (with links to DOT data).

Alaska Airlines receives the following subsidies:

Adak Island: $1,675,703
Cordova: $2,726,212
Gustavus: $340,777
Petersburg: $673,598
Wrangell: 673,598
Yakutat: $2,726,212
Total: $8.8M

For comparison, Delta, or should I say Delta Connection carriers, receive over $26,000,000 in EAS subsidies. I guess this doesn't really contribute to Delta's profitability since the payments are probably paid directly to the DCI carriers.