`If it ain`t broke, don`t fix it`: Rural Montana airports prefer Cape Air as federal ...
(WorldNews Business)

Eastern Montana airports are hopeful the U.S. government will keep Cape Air as its contract airline for rural parts of the state. Since late 2013, Cape Air, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, has been offering the round-trip flights between Billings and five rural airports: Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Sidney, and Wolf Point. Federal subsidies from the Essential Air Service make the flights possible, keeping customers` share of airfare down to $49 a flight. Butte and West Yellowstone also use Essential Air Service subsidies to connect to Salt Lake City. More than 46,000 people flew to and from Montana´s rural communities on Cape Air´s 8-passenger planes in 2018,...