Third airline seeks Lake Clear subsidy
SARANAC LAKE — A third airline is seeking a federal subsidy to provide commercial passenger service at the Adirondack Regional Airport in Lake Clear. Hyannis, Mass.-based Cape Air, the airport’s current carrier, and Virginia-based Colgan Air Inc. were believed to be the only companies to respond to a request for proposals from the U.S. Department of Transportation by an Oct. 29 deadline. But a third airline is also interested and, due to a misunderstanding, was not included as a bidder in a Nov. 5 letter sent to the town of Harrietstown, which runs the airport. Charter Air Transport, based in Cleveland, Ohio, has proposed nine different service options using either 19- or 30-seat planes. The company says it can provide 12 weekly round-trip flights from Saranac Lake and Plattsburgh to either Logan International Airport in Boston or John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Charter Air is asking for an annual federal subsidy of between $2.9 million and $.
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