Order 2011

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Served: December 7 , 2011



### UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 7 th day of December , 20 11

ORDER EXTENDING SERVICE OBLIGATION

Summary By this order, the Department of Transportation extends the Essential Air Service (EAS) obligation of Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways

Hold ings and doing business as Frontier Airlines (Chautauqua), at Rhinelander, Wisconsin, for an additional 30 days, through January 10 , 2012.

Background On September 12, 2012, Chautauqua filed a 90

- day notice with the Department of its

intent to terminate it s unsubsidized service at Rhinelander effective December 11, 2011. By Order 2011

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- 15, issued October 20, 2011, the Department prohibited Chautauqua from suspending service through December 11, 2011 and requested proposals from carriers interested in pro viding replacement service.

At the request of several interested carriers and with the support of the community, we extended the due date for proposals from N ovember 18, 2011

, to December 5, 2011. Therefore, we will not have completed the car rier

- selecti on case by December 11, 2011,

the end of the current hold

- in period. In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 41734(c), we must extend Chautauqua’s service obligation for an additional 30 days, or until replacement service actually begins, whichever occurs first.

Th is order is issued under authority assigned in 14 CFR 385.12(k)(5).

ACCORDINGLY,

1. We require Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings and doing business as Frontier Airlines , to maintain its current level of ser vice

at Rhinelander, Wisconsin , as set forth in Appendix A, for an additional 30

- day period Essential Air Service at :

RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN

Under 49 U.S.C. 41731 et seq

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through January 10, 2012, or until a carrier capable of providing reliable EAS actually begins service, whichever is first 1 ;

2. We direct Chautauqua Airlines, Inc ., a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings and doing business as Frontier Airlines to retain all books, records, and other source and summary documentation to support subsidy claims for payment, and to preserve and maintain such documentatio n in a manner that readily permits its audit and examination by representatives of the Department. Such documentation shall be retained for seven years or until the Department indicates that the records may be destroyed, whichever comes first. Copies of flight logs for aircraft sold or disposed of must be retained. The carrier may forfeit its compensation for any claim that is not supported under the terms of this order;

3. This Docket will remain open until further order of the Department; and

4. We will serve copies of this order on the parties listed in Appendix B;

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of this order under the Department’s Aviation Economic Regulations, 14 CFR 385.50, must file such petitions within ten (10) days a fter the date of service of this order.

This order will be effective immediately, and the filing of a petition for review shall not preclude its effectiveness.

By:

TODD M. HOMAN

Director Office of Aviation Analysis

(SEAL)

An electronic version of this document is available

on the World Wide Web at http://www.regulations.gov

1 In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 41734(c), we will extend Chautauqua’s service obligation fo r successive

30

- day periods as necessary until replacement service actually begins.Appendix A

Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., d/b/a Frontier Airlines

Provision of Essential Air Service at Rhinelander, Wisconsin Summary of Service To Be Provided

Effective Period Beginning December 1 2 , 201 1 until further Department action : Scheduled Service 13 nonstop round trips each week to Milwaukee : Aircraft type: Embraer 135 (37

- seats). Intermediate stops and upline service : No service to any other intermediate point is contemplated under the terms of the carrier’s proposal; accordingly, no such service may be provided on subsidized flights without prior Department approval.

Timing of flights: Flights must be well

- timed and well

- spaced in ord er to ensure full compensation.Appendix B

SERVICE LIST

Chautauqua Airlines, Josh Pascoe

Frontier Airlines, Daniel Shurz Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport, Joseph Brauer