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t Lettene y expressin g concer n about . _ th e Essentia

l Ai r Servic e (EAS ) carrier-selectio n proces s a t Ironwoo d and Manistee/Ludington , Michigan . Th e EA S progra mi s administere d b y th e Department' s Offic e o f Aviatio n Analysi s an d fall s unde r m y purview . A s yo u know , b y Orde r

2010-9-26 , September

27 , th e Departmen t

determine d tha

t th e tw o applicant s (includin g Publi c Charter s an d Charter Ai r Transpor t joint-venture ) tha

t submitte dbid s di dno t

hav e th e requisite operatin g authorit y necessar y t o provid e EAS . A s aresult , th e Departmen t requeste d anothe

r roun d o f proposal s fromai r

carrier s intereste din providin g EA S a t th e tw o communitie s fo

r athird time , du e n o later

tha n Octobe r 18 . At th e reques t

of on e applicant

and wit h suppor t fromth e communities , th e du e date for

proposal s wa s extende d unti l October 25 . I n respons e t o th e mos t

recen t reques t fo r proposals , w e hav e receive d atota l o f five proposals , briefl y outline dbelow :

• Charter

Air Transpor t t o serv e Milwaukee , Wisconsin , wit h 30-seat , pressurize d turbopro p aircraft ; • Gul f strea mInternational Airline s to serv e Milwauke e utilizin g 19-seat , pressurize dturbopro p aircraft ; • Air Choic e One , tw o options , t o serv e Chicag o O'Har e International Airpor t utilizin g 9-sea

t turbopro p aircraft ; • Seapor

t Airlines , tw o option s dependin g o n th e hu b serve d (Minneapoli s an d Milwauke e o r

Minneapoli s an

d Detroit ) utilizin g 9-seat , pressurize d turbopro p aircraft ; and • Chautauqu aAirlines , d/b/aFrontier Airlines , to serv e Milwauke e utilizin g 37-sea t je t aircraft . O n Octobe r 2 6 m y staf f share dth e detail s of

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h th e communitie s an

d solicite dcomment s an dpreferences . W e ar e awar e that thei r preliminar

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an d i s currentl y under

revie w b y th e Department , I a msure yo u understan d tha

t I canno t commen t o n th e merit s o

f th e proposals . However , our overal l goal i s t o fin

d th e be^ t fi t fo r th e communities . Th e Departmen t wil l full y consider

al l o f th e proposals , and mak

e it s awar dbase do n th e selectio n criteri adetaile d in th e governin g statutes , includin g th e communities ' views . A s i s ou r norma l practice , I a

mplacin g acop y o

f you r letter and m y respons e in Docket DOT-OST-1996-126 6 a s acontac t outsid e th e record of

thi s proceeding . I

f I ca n provid e furthe r informatio n or

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