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Airport Circl e

Dea r Mr . Lo \ m : I woul dlili e t o updat e yo u o n th e essentia l air servic e situatio n a

t Puebl o an dgiv e yo u a n opportunit y t o submi t

an y comment s i

f yo u wish . In anticipatio n of th e en do f

Grea t Lakes ' currer t

contrac t o n January 31 , 2012 , th e Departmen t issue dOrde r

2011-8-18 , Augus t 16 , 2 { 11 , t o solici t

proposal s fro mal l intereste dai r carrier s t o provid e EA S a t Puebl o for

are w two-year

termbegirmin g February 1 . A t thi s stage , w e woul dnormall y as k for you r f reference s for

variou s carrie r

an dservic e options . However , i n respons e t o tha t order . Grea t

Lakes , th e incumbent , wa s th e onl y carrie r t o submi t aproposal . Nonetheless , w e wan t

t o giv e yo u a

n opportunit y t o submi t

an y fina l comment s for

th e recor dtha t

yo u ma y have . A cop y o f Great Lakes ' proposa l may b e accesse donlin e at : http://www.r e gulations.go v b y enterin g DOT-OST-1999-658 9 i n th e "Enter Keywor do r ID " section . Grea t Lakes ' proposa l offer s tw o options , eac h for atwo-year

period . Th e firs t

optio n i s tw o nonsto] ) roun dtrip s eac h weekda y an dweeken dt o Denve r (1 2 pe r week) , th e leve l o f servic e tha

i th e Departmen t

i s currentl y subsidizing , for apropose dannua l subsid y o f $1,592,276 , oimpare dt o th e curren t annua l subsid y o f

$1,299,821 . Th e secon doptio n i s thre e nonsto p roun dtrip s eac h weekday an dweeken dt o Denve r (1 8 pe r week) , fo r

an annua l subsid y o f

$1,988,345 . W e ar e Currently reviewin g Great Lakes ' compensatio n requirements . Orde r

2011-8-1 8 requeste d1 2 nonsto p roun dtrip s per wee k with 15-sea

t o r large r aircraf t o r 1 8 nonsto p roun dtrip s pe r wee k o n aircraf

t with les s tha n 1 5 passenge r sea l s . Grea t Lakes ' three

- round-tri p patter n exceed s ou r requeste dleve l o f service . Pleas e not

e reflec t th e aver prorate dporticp

n tha t th e averag e passenge r

fare s show n i n th e proposa l d o no t necessaril y ag e local fare Puebl o pdssenger s woul dactuall y pay . but , rather , reflec t a o f th e total ticke t

price , e.g. . th e Puebl o - Denve r portio n o f

aPuebl o -Denve r - Washington , D.C . ticke t that Great Lake s woul drealize . Also , th e fare show n i s ne t o f ceitai n charge s suc h a s Federa l transportatio n security fees , excis e o r ticke t taxes , an dPassenge r

Facilit y Charges . O f

course , carrier s hav e th e discretio n t o charg e fare s the y dee mappropriate , an dth e passenge r fare s presente di n thi s proposa l hav e bee n develope dib r

subsid y rat e computatio n purpose s only . tha t Yo u only , an d bette r mee t subsidize d full comperjsatio n shoul dals o note that

th e schedule s that

th e carrie r

ha s submitte dar e illustrativ e the y may mak e schedul e change s t o reflec t changin g conditions , e.g. , t o shiftin g connectin g ban k

time s a t th e hub . Th e Departmen t expect s air carrier s t o maintai n well-time dan dwell-space dflight s i n orde r t o ensur e

kevin.schl e W e as k that yo u submi t

an y comment s yo u may hav e a s soo n a s possible , bu t i n an y cas e n o lat e • than Octobe r 12 , 2011 . W e wil l carefull y conside r you r comment s befor e w e submi t

arecommendatio n t o th e Assistan t Secretary for

adecision . Shoul dyo u hav e any question s o r

nee dadditiona l tim e t o draf t you r comments , pleas e le t

u s know . Pleas e sen dyou r

comment s vi ae-mai l t o EAS@dot.go v o r b y fa x t o 202-366-7638 . yo u hav e an y questions , pleas e fee l fre e t o contac t Kevi n Schlemme r

o f m y staf f a t imer@dot.go v o r

202-366-3176 . I f 13 1 A similai lette r

ha s bee n sen t

t o th e Puebl o City Manager .

Sincerely ,

Denni s J . DeVan y Chief , Essentia l Ai r

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