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Longtime airline to leave North Dakota

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Published March 18, 2014 10:06pm ET
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Longtime airline to leave North Dakota
FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2010 file photo, a Great Lakes Airlines passenger plane is seen at the Havre City-County Airport in Havre, Mont. In North Dakota, Great Lakes will suspend service to the Dickinson and Williston airports by the end of the March 2014, after having pulled out of Devils Lake and Jamestown the month before. The Wyoming-based company has said it is pulling out of several regional airports because of problems retaining pilots, citing new federal rules that require co-pilots to log 1,500 flight hours before they can work for commercial airlines. (AP Photo/Havre Daily News, Nikki Carlson, File) | Nikki Carlson

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Great Lakes Airlines will be leaving North Dakota by the end of the month after serving the state for more than two decades.

The Wyoming-based regional airline announced last week that it was suspending service to Dickinson and Williston. In January, it pulled out of Devils Lake and Jamestown.

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