Surf Air Mobility and Williamsport PA in deal for service between IPT and IAD

Surf Air Mobility and the Williamsport Municipal Airport Authority of Williamsport, Pennsylvania have agreed to launch scheduled commuter air service between Williamsport Regional Airport IPT and Washington Dulles International Airport IAD with a target start date in May 2024. Williamsport will provide funding and services to subsidize and support the establishment of the program. The flights will be operated by Southern Airways Express , an airline subsidiary of Surf Air Mobility. This announcement comes a few weeks after another similar agreement with Purdue University that will privately subsidize flights connecting West Lafayette Airport and Chicago O’Hare. These agreements resemble Surf Air Mobility’s numerous Essential Air Service contracts which provide federal subsidies to connect communities which would otherwise lack access to minimal air service. The agreement with Williamsport establishes a funding stream from the use of locally acquired grants coupled with community donations to mitigate risk to Surf Air.