SeaPort Airlines seeks to leave Greenville
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GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) – SeaPort Airlines is seeking federal approval to end service between Greenville and Memphis.
Portland, Oregon-based SeaPort in late October was awarded a federally subsidized Essential Air Service contract to restore passenger flights to and from Greenville, and the regional airline was cleared to begin service Jan. 12.
The first flight took off March 16. Since then the airline has struggled with cancellations and a shortage of pilots.
The Delta Democrat Times reports (http://bit.ly/1RgY7JY ) the airline filed the 90-day notice to terminal service Tuesday with the U.S. Department of Transportation. It said it intends to end service by Aug. 5.
The Department of Transportation in October awarded the two-year Greenville-to-Memphis Essential Air Service contract to SeaPort, which beat out two other airlines bidding for the route.
