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Essentia l Ai rServic e a t DICKINSON , NORT H DAKOT A unde r4 9 U.S.C
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Thi s documen tcontain s Grea tLake s Aviation , Ltd.' s respons e t o Orde rRequestin g Proposal s 2010-9-8
. Grea tLake s Aviation , Ltd
. i s please d t o submi t thi s proposa l t o provid e essentia l ai rtransportatio n a tDickinson , Nort h Dakota
. Wit h thi s proposal , w e ar e committin g t o providin g a minimu m o ftw o non-sto p roun d trip s o fstan d alon e capacity
. Dickinso n ha s demonstrated , wit h it s eve rgrowin g enplanements
. It s abilit yt o utiliz e th e additiona l seat s tha tar e bein g offere d wit h th e curren t schedul e t o ou rDenve rhub. Fo rth e pas tfiv e years . Grea tLake s ha s bee n providin g schedule d servic e i n Dickinso n wit h 30-sea tBrasili a equipment
. Thi s servic e ha s bee n accepte d an d acclaime d b yth e community , an d ha s resulte d i n continue d significan tyear-over-yea rtraffi cgrowth
. Sinc e Grea tLake s initiate d servic e t o Dickinso n i n 1993 , th e compan yha s ha d a lon g historyo fprovidin g servic e uplin e t o othe rmarkets
. W e inten d t o continu e providin g a thir d non-sto p roun d tri p whil e maintainin g th e authorit y t o provid e servic e uplin e t o a poin to fou rchoosing
. Th e thre e roun d tri p servic e patter n an d schedul e time s ar e designe d specificall yt o connect wit h ou rcode-shar e partner s Frontie ran d Unite d Airlines , alon g wit h interlin e connection s t o othe rcarrier s servin g ou rDenve rhub
. Question s an d comment s ma yb e referre d to : Michae l O
. Matthew s Vic e Presiden t& Chie fFinancia l Office r Grea tLake s Aviation , Ltd
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# Grea tLake s Aviation , Ltd
. Annua l Compensatio n Requirement s fo rEssentia l Ai rServic e a t



## Dickinson , Nort h Dakot a 3 Roun d Trip s Embrae rBrasili a (a t97. 5 percen tcompletion ) Departures : Bloc k Hours : Revenu e Passenge rMiles : Availabl e Sea tMiles : 1,83 0 3,66 0 12,444,00 0 26,791,20 0 Operatin g Revenues :

Passenger : DIK-DE N 25,50 0 psgrsa t$168.7 2 $4,302,36 0

Other : (a t0.62 % o fpassenge rrevenue ) Tota l Operatin g Revenues : $26,67 5 $4,329,03 5 Operatin g Expenses :

Direct : Aircraf tan d Hul l Insuranc e

Fue l an d Oi l Flyin g Operation s Maintenanc e Tota l Direc tExpenses : Tota l Indirec tExpenses : Tota l Operatin g Expenses : Operatin g Los s Profi tElemen t(5.0 % o fTota l Operatin g Expenses ) Annua l Compensatio n Requirement :

Fi t# Fre q Flo w 507 1 12345 6 DIK-DE N 517 3 1234 5 DEN-DI K 513 0 1234 5 7 DIK-DE N 514 9 123456 7 DEN-DI K 514 8 1234 5 7 DIK-DE N 507 2 1234 5 7 DEN-DI K $447,12 5 $2,112,58 4 $758,13 2 $964,92 2

KAIH I ilf ^ Schedul e 728-92 6 1025-122 6 1310-150 8 1130-133 1 1521-171 9 2017-221 8 Tim e

11 8 12 1 11 8 12 1 11 8 12 1 Equi p

EM 2 EM 2 EM 2 EM 2 EM 2 EM 2 $4,282,76 3

$1,763,01 0 $6,045,77 3 ($1,716,738 ) $302,28 9 $2,019,02 7

Weeken d schedul e time s wil l var ysubjec tt o weeken d connectio n oppourtunitie s i n DE N