RESTORE Air Service

RESTORE's efforts are aimed at building support for policy solutions that can offer relief for communities impacted by regional air service issues and work to reestablish daily air service for rural and small community airports

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Our Goals

Re-opening the Essential Air Service (EAS) program to small and rural airports who have not had access since 2012. This can be done through FAA Reauthorization by creating a waiver for airports not currently EAS eligible. RESTORE proposes that EAS be re-opened for a 5-year period for those airports not currently eligible.

EAS Program

Increasing funding for the Small Community Air Service Development (SCASD) Program. Many small and rural airports would be able to restore air service with a SCASD grant. Our hope is that Congress appropriates the popular and successful program to $100 million, and expands to 50 awards.

SCASD Program

Write your Senator and Member of Congress to support the above requests to support small and rural air service.

Our Services

Proposed Solutions

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Issue Paper

RESTORE has developed a variety of policy recommendations to support rural and small community air service.

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Letter Template

Write your Senator and Member of Congress to support requests to support small and rural air service.

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Who is your Representative?

Find your Representative and Senator.

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In The News

More small airports are being cut off from the air travel network. This is why

American, Delta and United combined have left 74 regional airports since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study by aviation consulting firm Ailevon Pacific. Read More...

Adam Bearne

NPR