Friday, February 18, 2011

SeaPort launches Arkansas service - Portland Business Journal:

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The airline has landed a federal air servic contract to serve four Arkansazs communities from a hubin Memphis, Tenn. SeaPorr will receive slightly morethan $6 million over two SeaPort will serve leisure and business travelers throug three daily round-trip flights weekdays and three round-trip flightsd weekends to Jonesboro, El Dorado, Harrison, and Hot Springs. The flightsx begin this fall. SeaPort won the contractf over several other The agreementis SeaPort’s first expansion outside the Pacificx Northwest. It now flie to and from Portland, Seattle, Pendleton, Astorisa and Newport. The Arkansas contractg is similar to recent ventures SeaPort hasentered into.
In SeaPort landed a two-year contract in whicjh it will bepaid $3.2 million in federal subsidieas over two years to provide three daily flights between Portland and Pendleton. The contract which can be renewedonce — is part of the ’as “essential air service” program aimed at keeping commercial airliness at small airports. This winter, SeaPortt was awarded a two-year contract to offedr three flights a day to Astoriz and two a dayto Newport. SeaPoryt flies a small, propeller-drivemn aircraft — the nine-seat Pilatus PC-12. The privately held company doesn’ft disclose revenue.

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