Big Sky Airlines successor struggling in Montana. Great Lakes Airlines needs pilots, planes for routes, and both are in short supply

Rural Eastern Montanans served by Big Sky Airlines shouldn’t expect a fast transition to Great Lakes Airlines http://www.greatlakesav.com/ service because the deal is tied up in events affecting the aviation industry.

That’s what Douglas Voss, board chairman and a founder of Cheyenne, Wyo.-based Great Lakes, said Tuesday to about 20 members of the Montana Essential Air Service Task Force and other officials from the seven Eastern Montana cities served by Big Sky.

By JAN FALSTAD
Of the Gazette Staff

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