SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — The Scottsbluff airport has joined airports in Kearney and North Platte in signing new, one-year agreements with Great Lakes Airlines for government-subsidized flights.

The agreement runs through February 2016.

All three airports had initially selected Beachwood, Ohio-based Aerodynamics Inc., but in January the U.S. Transportation Department said Aerodynamics did not possess “the managerial competency necessary to oversee its current charter and proposed scheduled passenger operations.”

The airports had sought service from other carriers because of reliability problems with Cheyenne, Wyoming-based Great Lakes. But Scottsbluff airport director Darwin Skelton says Great Lakes has been very consistent and reliable over the past couple of months.