The Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority in a prepared statement last week said that it was given a 90-day notice on Jan. 11, that the airline was going to cease service. "SkyWest is required to remain until a new service is in place at OGS," the OBPA said. "In the interim, the current SkyWest flight schedule remains the same." SkyWest currently flies 12 times per week from Ogdensburg to Dulles International Airport in Virginia. The airport has suffered a series of setbacks since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Allegiant Air, the airport's low-cost carrier, which had been flying direct to destinations in Florida since 2016 pulled out of the airport in October 2020. In March 2021, SkyWest received permission from The DOT to stop providing flights to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, which it had been providing for two years. "Cutting back Essential Air Service to the Ogdensburg and Plattsburgh airports is the wrong way to go for Northern New York.