Air Service to Small/Medium US Airports

Large-scale changes in airline economic fortunes continue to have a down-stream impact on local air service options. This is especially true among at communities which rely upon regional airlines for their most critical air service links. For many small and medium-sized American communities, the attending fall-out can often times be traumatic, and in the very worst cases, lethal. Between 2006 and 2010, ten U.S. airports lost important scheduled air service links when their last small-jet flights were determined to be uneconomical by major carriers and 50-seat RJ flights were discontinued at Atlantic City (NJ), Waterloo (IA), Naples (FL), Beaumont/Port Arthur (TX), Hancock (MI), Eau Claire (WI), Hickory (NC), Macon (GA), Sioux City (IA) and Tupleo (MS)