The owners of Arnold Aviation say the U.S. Postal Service has awarded the air taxi business a four-year contract to continue delivering mail into the remote Idaho backcountry.
The Postal Service told Arnold Aviation, which has held the contract since 1975, in an e-mail this week the agreement would be renewed and official forms finalizing the agreement arrived in Idaho on Thiursday.
The Postal Service announced plans in March to sever its approximately $43,000-a-year contract with Ray Arnold, who flies the only backcountry air mail route left in the lower 48 states. The agency backed off the plan in May amid public outcry from Idaho’s congressional leaders. (AP)
