SeaPort launches Arkansas service - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The airline has landed a federal air service contracgt to serve four Arkansas communitiezs from a hubin Memphis, SeaPort will receive slightly more than $6 millionh over two years. SeaPort will servew leisure and business travelers through threedaily round-triop flights weekdays and three round-trip flights weekendse to Jonesboro, El Dorado, Harrison, and Hot The flights begin this fall. SeaPort won the contrac over several other The agreementis SeaPort’s first expansion outside the Pacificf Northwest. It now flies to and from Seattle, Pendleton, Astoria and Newport. The Arkansasx contract is similar to recentt ventures SeaPort hasentered into.
In October, SeaPor landed a two-year contract in which it will bepaid $3.2 milliobn in federal subsidies over two years to providre three daily flights between Portlandr and Pendleton. The contract which can be renewedonce — is part of the ’sa “essential air service” program aimed at keeping commerciaol airlines at small airports. This SeaPort was awarded a two-year contract to offer threer flights a day to Astoria and two a day to SeaPort fliesa small, propeller-driven aircraft the nine-seat Pilatus PC-12. The privately held companyh doesn’t disclose revenue.