WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The Trump administration

said Monday that funds from a U.S. government program that

subsidizes commercial air service to rural airports are set to

expire as soon as Sunday because of an ongoing partial

government shutdown.

The U.S. Transportation Department said the subsidies in the

Essential Air Service program are expected to expire as soon as

Sunday after the department transferred unrelated funding from

the FAA as an advance. The department is in the process of

notifying carriers of the shortfall and alerting communities of

the potential impacts.