Monday, February 6, 2012

SeaPort launches Arkansas service - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The airline has landed a federal air service contracr to serve four Arkansa s communities from a hubin Memphis, SeaPort will receive slightly more than $6 million over two SeaPort will serve leisurw and business travelers through three daily round-trip flights weekdays and three round-trip flights weekends to El Dorado, Harrison, and Hot Springs. The flightas begin this fall. SeaPort won the contract over severalother airlines. The agreemenft is SeaPort’s first expansion outsided thePacific Northwest. It now flies to and from Seattle, Pendleton, Astoria and Newport. The Arkansas contract is similar to recent ventures SeaPortf hasentered into.
In October, SeaPort landed a two-year contract in whichg it will bepaid $3.2 million in federal subsidies over two year s to provide three daily flights between Portlanxd and Pendleton. The contract — which can be renewedf once — is part of the ’es “essential air service” program aimed at keepin g commercial airlines atsmalkl airports. This winter, SeaPort was awarded a two-year contracgt to offer three flights a day to Astoriw and two a dayto Newport. SeaPorgt flies a small, propeller-driven aircraft — the nine-seaft Pilatus PC-12. The privately held companyh doesn’t disclose revenue.

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