Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Regional Airport will continue to have air service from the SkyWest/United Express carrier for the next two years.

The U.S. Department of Transportation this week, awarded the Essential Air Service contract to the airline.

Officials report the terms of the agreement includes… are SkyWest/United Express still using the 50-set jets, and provide 12 flights a week between  Jamestown and Denver.

The contract calls for the airline to annually, receive a $2.69 million subsidy, a decrease from the current agreement which has a subsidy of $2.79 million

Jamestown Regional Airport Director, Sam Seafeldt says, SkyWest agreed to take less of a subsidy as passenger boarding have substantially improved since the inception of  SkyWest/United Express service  initiated in June of 2014.

SkyWest will also provide  $20,000 annually for marketing.

The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission reports that Jamestown Regional Airport’s boardings in April this year were at  877 up just under one percent from the April 2017 boardings at 869.

Through April this year Jamestown boarded 3,861 passengers, compared to 4,196 through April 2017, down nearly eight percent.

The recent high number of boardings was the 2017 numbers.