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The Chautauqua County Airport, just north of Jamestown. (Image via Google)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

WASHINGTON – Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say a new, five-year Federal Aviation Administration<\/strong> (FAA) reauthorization bill has been passed in congress and signed into law by the president.\u00a0 The new bill includes funding for both the Essential Air Service<\/strong> (EAS) program and the Airport Improvement Program<\/strong> (AIP).<\/p>\n

Five airports in New York receive EAS funding, while Chautauqua County Jamestown Airport<\/strong> is in the process of reapplying to regain its EAS status.<\/p>\n

In January, the U.S. Department of Transportation<\/strong> terminated the EAS agreement in Jamestown due to a lack of passengers. Shortly after, Southern Airways<\/strong> left the Chautauqua County Jamestown Airport because of the funding cut.<\/p>\n

In May, it was announced that Boutique Airways<\/strong> had submitted a proposal to the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide air service to the Chautauqua County Jamestown Airport under the EAS program, which provides essential funding for small airports.<\/p>\n

With the new funding secured for five years, officials now anticipate a ruling on that request for a return of the EAS status in Jamestown in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON – Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say a new, five-year Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill has been passed in congress and signed into law by the president.\u00a0 The new bill includes funding for both the Essential Air Service (EAS) program and the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Five airports in New York receive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":8727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[3918,8426,384,391,814,839,1367,6280,3445],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/airport.png?fit=655%2C380&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-6YA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25341,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/reed-borrello-announce-boutique-airways-to-provide-passenger-air-service-in-jamestown\/","url_meta":{"origin":26820,"position":0},"title":"Reed, Borrello Announce Boutique Airways to Provide Passenger Air Service in Jamestown","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"May 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"JAMESTOWN - Commercial air service will soon be returning to the Chautauqua County Airport. 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