Matisziw, Timothy C.; Lee, Chieh-Lung; Grubesic, Tony H. - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 18 (2012) 1, pp. 5-11
The US federal Essential Air Service program was established to subsidize air service to communities unable to retain commercial carriers after airline deregulation in 1978. In this paper, the subsidized service between program communities and commercial hub airports is investigated relative to...