As under-served communities, they struggle to offer competitive air service to a smaller pool of passengers. And for many rural-based communities, the absence of competition brings higher airfares, fewer flights and reduced ridership. As a result, business travelers and leisure air passengers flying to and from Iowa face disproportionately high fares and fewer choices. Sen. Tom Harkin and I are working to level the playing field. Our bipartisan amendment to the Senate aviation bill would have phased-out the slot system to allow communities like Sioux City, Burlington, Fort Dodge, Mason City, Waterloo, Des Moines, the Quad Cities and Dubuque to compete for access to these major hub airports.
Competition is the name of the game.
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