U.S. Senate Plan Could Hurt Arkansas Airports
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A plan moving toward Senate approval could
result in one of three cities in Arkansas being forced to pay to
keep scheduled airline service.
Opponents say the plan includes airports from ten different
states, and they`d have to pay part of a government subsidy to
commuter airlines that fly in and out of rural communities.
Three cities in Arkansas -- Harrison, Hot Springs and Jonesboro
-- are on the list of 29 airports.
Republican Congressman John Peterson of Pennsylvania is leading
the fight to defeat the airport plan. Pennsylvania also has three
airports on the list of 29. Peterson chairs a rural caucus.
