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The Department of Transportation secured additional funding to sustain the Essential Air Service program through early November.

The Essential Air Service program subsidizes flights to ensure smaller communities have access to the national transportation grid.

Denver Air Connection, the provider for Pueblo Memorial Airport, stated it will not suspend service regardless of the shutdown.

The DOT had previously warned that funding for the program could potentially end on Oct. 12.

The ongoing shutdown of the U.S. government is not expected to affect flights at Pueblo Memorial Airport subsidized through the Department of Transportation’s Essential Air Service (EAS) program, at least for the foreseeable future.

The DOT secured $41 million in additional funding to su

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