### ROBERT B. KARNS 105 Main Street (701) 278-3747 ....t 'li

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### Dennis J. DeVany, Chief EAS 

## & Domestic Analysis Division, X-53 Office ofAviation Analysis Department ofTransportation 1200 NewJersey Ave. SE Washington, DC 20590
Re: Proposal to Provide Essential Air Service at: IRON MOUNTAIN/KINGSFORD, MICHIGAN BRAINERD, MINNESOTA INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINNESOTA RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN Dear Mr. DeVany:· DOT-OST-1999-5175

# v DOT-OST-2011-0135 

# v DOT-OST-2009-0304 

## v DOT-OST-2011-0109

# v COMMUNITY AIRLINE DEVELOPMENT

This proposal is to provide basic airservice required byorder 2012-6-9. As you will promptlysee we are almostthere. Sincerely,

# /}2Ji;n~ ROBERT 

## B. KARNS VPGM Sovereign Air Inc. 763-535-4198

MINNEAPOLIS 5701 KENTUCKY AVE. N Suite 153 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55428-3302 (763) 535-4198 PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPERDepartures: Mileage stm: INL-MSP Mileage stm: BRD-MSP Block Hours: Aircraft Passenger SEATS: Revenue Passenger Miles: , Available Seat Miles: Revenue: Passengers
Outher Revenue Total Revenues: Expenses: Direct Indirect Total Expenses: Loss: Profit:. Compensation Annual Required: Passengers Per Departure:

Load Factor 

## SOVEREIGN AIR lNG Compensation Annual Requirements for Essential Air service at DOCKET DOT-OST-2009..{)304

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINNESOTA Four Round Trips- 29 seat AircraftJetstream 41 With One Stop in Brainerd Minnesota 97% completion Rate Minneapolis Hub Proposal 

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INL 29,000 at $90 $55 $2,610,000 $1,760,000 $4,370,000 BRD 32,000 at 2% Passengen Revenue



### At Per Block Hour

5.0% Total Expenses

INL BRD TOTAL 

### 11.5 12.9 24.4
0.84% $1,950 $87,400

$4,867,200

$779,936

NOTE: By using BRD passengers to MSP you could within a 6 MONTHS be operating a Oornier 328 30 seat Jet atthe same EAS funding 2,496 268 

### 115 2,496 29 11,452,000 20,067,840

$4,457,400

$5,647,136 $1,189,736

$282,357 $1,472,093Departures: Mileage stm: BRD-ORD Mileage stm: STC-ORD Block Hours: Aircraft Passenger SEATS: Revenue Passenger Miles: Available Seat Miles: Revenue: Passengers
Outher Revenue Total Revenues: Expenses: Direct Indirect Total Expenses: Loss: Profit: 

### Compensation Annual Required: ,Passengers Per Departure:

load Factor 

## SOVEREIGN AIR lNG CompensatiOn Annual Requirement:> for**Es~ntlal** Afr Service at
DOCKET DOT-OST-2011-0135

BRAINERD, MINNESOTA Three Round Trips - 30 seat Aircraft DORNIER 328JET With One Stop in St Cloud Minnesota 97% completion Rate Chicago Hub Proposal 

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### 1

BRD 14,500 at STC 32,000 at 2% Passengen Revenue

At Per Block Hour

5.0% Total Expenses

BRD STC TOTAL 7.7 17.1 24.8
0.86% $115 $95

$2,689 $1,667,500 $3,040,000 $4,707,500 $94,150

$5,033,808

$779,936 1,872 452 393 1,872

29 14,500 25,384,320

$4,801,650

$5,813,744 $1,012,D94

$290,687 $1,302,781

NOTE: If Eplanememts perdaystaythesame orgrow extra flights will be added as long as load factor stays above55%

### SOV_EREI~N

## _AIR_lNG Compensation Annual RequirementS for (ssentfatAirService at

DOCKET DOT-OST-1999-5175 and DOT-OST-2011-0109 IRON MOUNTAIN/KINGSFORD, MICHIGAN; and RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN FIVE Round Trips- 30seat Aircraft DORNIER 328JET

Departures: Mileage stm: IMT-ORD Mileage stm: RHI-ORD Block Hours: Aircraft Passenger SEATS: Revenue Passenger Miles: Available Seat Miles: Revenue: Passeo.gers
Outher Revenue Total Revenues: Expenses: Direct Indirect Total Expenses: Loss: Profit: 

### Compensation Annual Required: Passengers Per Departure:

Load Factor With One Stop in RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN 97% completion Rate Chicago Hub Proposal 

### # 1

IMT 20,533 at RHI 62,475 at 2% Passengen Revenue

At Per Block Hour

5.0% Total Expenses

IMT RHI TOTAL 6.6 19.9 26.5
0.91% $99 $75

$3,100 $2,032,767 $4,685,625 $6,718,392

$134,368

$7,613,600

$779,936 

# ·. 3,120 329 263 2,456 30 23,186,282 30,794,400

$6,852,760

$8,393,536 $1,540,776

$419,677 $1,960,453

NOTE: If Eplanememts perdaystay the same orgrow extraflights will 

### be added as long as loadfactor stays above 55%