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The United States Department Of Transportation (DOT) currently subsidizes airlines to serve approximately 140 Rural communities across the country that otherwise would not receive any scheduled air service. The decision as to what degree of subsidized service a community requires is made based on identifying a specific Hub for the community and from there determining the number of trips, seats, and type of aircraft that are necessary to reach that hub. According to a ''New York Times'' article on the program,1 the subsidy per passenger, averaged across the entire program excluding Alaska , is approximately $74, and much higher on some particularly poorly-patronized flights. Patronage on many flights is very low. However, the program is politically popular in the cities receiving the subsidized flights, and Congressional panels expect the funding for the program to increase slightly to $114 million in 2007. However, the White House has sought to reduce the cost of the program to $50 million by stricter eligibility criteria and requiring the local governments of the areas served to contribute to the cost. U.S. SUBSIDIZED EAS REPORT, EXCLUDING ALASKA The following table is based on data published by the DOT Office of Aviation Analysis on and other formats. ALASKAN SUBSIDIZED EAS REPORT The following table is based on data published by the DOT Office of Aviation Analysis on May 1, 2006. Alaskan Subsidized EAS Report , U.S. Department of Transportation: Office of Aviation Analysis, 2006-05-01 It has been updated to reflect changes which occurred after that date, based on information found in the DOT Docket Management System (DMS). Each docket number links to the DMS, with the most recent documents displayed first. Each order number links to a document information page which has links to the actual document in PDF and other formats. SEE ALSO
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