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Latest Great Lakes Airlines News

1. Many small cities in danger of losing air service

   Mon, 15 Aug 2011

   Department plans to solicit bids from other carriers in the next few weeks, Mosley says. And Delta is talking with Great Lakes Airlines about possibly taking over service to six of the cities. "We recognize the special role air service plays in
2. Gov't pays for empty flights to rural airports

   Thu, 11 Aug 2011

   On some days, the pilots with Great Lakes Airlines fire up a twin-engine Beechcraft 1900 at the Ely, Nev., airport and depart for Las Vegas without a single passenger on board
3. Passenger coached to fly plane after pilot incapacitated

   Thu, 26 May 2011

   to a lower altitude. After Rohrer asked whether anyone flying nearby knew how to fly the SR22, the pilot of a Great Lakes Airlines plane began advising the woman. "There should be a knob on there that you'll turn to the left," the airline
4. 
   Woman Forced to Fly Plane After Pilot-Husband Passes Out

   Wed, 25 May 2011

   don't know [how] to do this." The pilot of a Great Lakes Airlines flight heading to New Mexico was listening in and Farmington, N.M. Kassi Mohlenkamp, a spokeswoman for Great Lakes Airlines , emailed a statement to ABC News lauding its pilots
5. Subsidies for small airports keep flying, despite problems

   Thu, 24 Sep 2009

   19-seat turboprop plane for a 48-minute flight on Great Lakes Airlines to Kansas City International Airport. There, they manager, Steve Stockam, says fares offered by Great Lakes Airlines on subsidized flights to Kansas City are reasonable
6. Rural flight subsidies hit some turbulence

   Wed, 23 Sep 2009

   19-seat turboprop plane for a 48-minute flight on Great Lakes Airlines to Kansas City International Airport. There, they manager, Steve Stockam, says fares offered by Great Lakes Airlines on subsidized flights to Kansas City are reasonable