JetBlue awarded two-year contract to continue serving Presque Isle’s airport

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    "title": "JetBlue awarded two-year contract to continue serving Presque Isle’s airport - Bangor Daily News",
    "excerpt": "JetBlue will continue to be the sole passenger air carrier to Presque Isle International Airport for at least the next two years. The U.S. Department of Transportation Friday evening announced it had awarded the airline a two-year contract worth $8.7 million annually. The sum is paid to the airline under the federal Essential Air Service program, which subsidizes commercial air service in rural communities where it otherwise would not be profitable. Under the deal, JetBlue will maintain its current once-daily roundtrip flights to Boston on 140-seat AirBus A220s . The limited flight frequency requires a federal waiver because it tips below the program’s weekly flight minimum of 12. “The selection of JetBlue as the Essential Air Service provider for Presque Isle marks an important milestone for our community and for all of Northern Maine,” Presque Isle City Manager Sonja Eyler said in a statement. “Reliable commercial air service is more than a convenience. It is essential infrastructure, every bit as important to a modern community as highways, rail and broadband.” JetBlue’s current contract, which expires at the end of August, pays the company an average of $10.8 million each year. It is the single-most lucrative Essential Air Service contract in the country - out of a pool of 189 communities served by the program - by a margin of several million dollars. The airline will lose...",
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