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Flights to Nowhere
"Essential Air Services" paid airlines millions to fly near-empty planes to cities that most people have never heard of. Thirty years after the program began it has grown into a $127 million a year subsidy. It was found that the government pays for 2.4 million empty seats to be flown a year.
Tags: airplane; fly route; tourist; travel; flight; airfare;
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Flight Check: The ups and downs of flying Peoria
This three-day series of reports details the activities at Peoria's airport in which a team of reporters, graphic reporters, photographers and others followed pilots on their daily routes. This series gave readers an idea of what goes on at the airport on a daily basis.
Tags: airports; Peoria airport; Hilyard; Bibo; Towrey; airplane pilots