The Alaska Beacon has published an article about proposed cuts to the Essential Air Service. Proposing to cut $308 million, about 52 percent of the current EAS funding the Trump administration wrote that EAS “funnels taxpayer dollars to airlines to subsidize half-empty flights from airports that are within easy commuting distance from each other.”

McGrath resident Miki Greenamyre is quoted in the article as saying "EAS has been a game changer, and that she wouldnt be able to travel to Anchorage for medial reasons without EAS, the round trip airfare would be too much. She continues to say EAS allows us to be a part of the larger world, what would it do to our town to lose this?" .


https://alaskabeacon.com/2025/05/08/trump-proposed-cut-to-federal-esse