Ian Kluft :verified:✈️🎈🌋<p>"A key lifeline for rural communities, federal air travel funds, will expire Sunday if the shutdown continues" by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@NBCNews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NBCNews</span></a></span> - Essential Air Service EAS funds are the only reason some rural airports have airline service on otherwise-unprofitable routes. All US states would be affected, most of all Alaska. A likely <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> decision up to each airline would be to cancel most or all of those flights when funding lapses. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rural-communities-essential-air-service-flights-shutdown-deadline-rcna236159" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/politics-</span><span class="invisible">news/rural-communities-essential-air-service-flights-shutdown-deadline-rcna236159</span></a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aviation</span></a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://avgeek.social/tags/avgeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avgeek</span></a></p>