Friday marked an important date in history for Nebraska. It was the day that air mail service in the state officially came to an end.
“It’s the end of an era,” said Geoffrey Gallup, owner of Omaha-based Suburban Air Freight. “It’s going to slip quietly into history.”
Suburban Air Freight has had a contract with the U.S. Postal Service since 1984 to carry all the express and priority mail for western Nebraska and most of northern Kansas.
Originally, the planes departed Omaha and made stops in Grand Island, North Platte and Alliance. Several years ago, the Alliance segment was shut down because of budget concerns on the part of the Postal Service. Pilots have only flown to North Platte since then.
Financial woes have now prompted the cancellation of the contract with Suburban and the end of air mail service altogether in Nebraska.
Brian Sperry, regional spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service, said the move is in an attempt to be more efficient and cut costs.
Budget woes mean end of 30-year air mail service in Nebraska
Why did they have airmail within a state or even a contiguous state?
Fed-Ex and UPS will only cover the major markets where they can make money. Smaller towns? Nope.
But the mgmt/eas bonuses are being renewed; surely, the USPS wouldn’t do that, if there were budget woes……………………………..right ?
Postal mgmt/eas = liars and thieves..
Fed-Ex and UPS are right there to step in, maybe Lance Armstrong was a bad idea.
So that means no more Air Mail?