Next time AU readers hear somebody gripe about taxpayers getting stuck for Amtrak funding, they might like to offer this example as a bit of counterpoint:
Planes to nowhere? Rural air subsidies may increase
"In 2008, according to Senate Appropriations Committee data, Great Lakes Airlines received a subsidy of about $1.8 million for the 414 passengers it flew to and from Ely [Nevada] -- about $4,500 per person."
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Four thousand, five hundred dollars per person. Using our Amtrak Unlimited 3rd Annual Gathering at Boston (CHOWDAH!!) as travel dates, I visited Great Lakes Airlines and priced a single-passenger round trip between Ely, Nevada, and Moab, Utah. Two nowheres. Non-refundable: $203 ($184.18 + $18.82 tax). Refundable any time: $303 ($277.20 + $25.80 tax).
Planes to nowhere? Rural air subsidies may increase
"In 2008, according to Senate Appropriations Committee data, Great Lakes Airlines received a subsidy of about $1.8 million for the 414 passengers it flew to and from Ely [Nevada] -- about $4,500 per person."
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Four thousand, five hundred dollars per person. Using our Amtrak Unlimited 3rd Annual Gathering at Boston (CHOWDAH!!) as travel dates, I visited Great Lakes Airlines and priced a single-passenger round trip between Ely, Nevada, and Moab, Utah. Two nowheres. Non-refundable: $203 ($184.18 + $18.82 tax). Refundable any time: $303 ($277.20 + $25.80 tax).