Grant Aviation (GV, Bethel) has won a new two-year Essential Air Service (EAS) contract at Saint George, AK and will also continue operating EAS routes out of Atka and Nikolski.
The regional specialist will connect Saint George with Dutch Harbor using a nine-seat Beech (twin turboprop) King Air 3x weekly for an annual subsidy of USD888,787 in the first year and USD910,867 for the second year.
Saint George is currently served by PenAir (Anchorage Ted Stevens) which flies 2x weekly to Anchorage Ted Stevens and 1x weekly to Saint Paul Island. Until November 2017, PenAir operated to Saint George without subsidies, but has since been compensated pending the selection of a new operator.
Grant Aviation will also continue its current services to Dutch Harbor from Atka (3x weekly) and Nikolski (2x weekly), using the same type of aircraft. For these two routes, the carrier will receive a combined subsidy of USD1.36 million in the first year and USD1.4 million in the second year.
