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of Transportation 

August 30, 2010 

VIA EMAIL 

Mr. Richard Dyment 

Airport Manager 

Lebanon Municipal Airport 

5 Airpark Road 

Suite 1 

West Lebanon, New Hampshire 03784 

Dear Mr. Dyment: 

I would like to update you on the essential air service situation at Lebanon and give you an 

opportunity to submit comments, if you wish. 

As you know, in anticipation of the end of Cape Air's current contract on November 30, 2010, 

by Order 2010-8-3, issued August 2, 2010, the Department solicited proposals from air 

carriers interested in providing essential air service at Lebanon. Hyannis Air Service, Inc. 

d^/a Cape Air (Cape Air) was the only carrier to respond. 

In addition to our brief description below, the proposals, as well as Order 2010-8-3, can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov. by doing a search on Docket DOT-OST-2003-14822. 

Cape Air proposes to continue its cunent level of service, consisting of four nonstop round 

trips per day to Boston Logan International Airport, and two nonstop round trips per day to 

Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York, with 9-seat Cessna 402 aircraft. The 

carrier offers two-year and four-year subsidy rates, $2,434,435 and $2,347,744, respectively. 

Please note that proposed schedules are illustrative and the carriers may make schedule 

changes to reflect changing conditions. The Department expects subsidized air caiTiers to 

maintain well-timed and well-spaced flights to ensure full compensation. 

As you know. Cape Air's current service is operated with 9-seat Cessna 402 aircraft. We note 

that this aircraft does not meet the 15-or-more-passenger-seat standard required by our 

governing statues (49 U.S.C. § 41732(b)(3) and (b)(6)). However, if a community indicates 

its willingness to waive its right to receive EAS with 15-seat or larger aircraft, as you have 

done in the past, we will consider the waiver to apply only to the new rate term under 

consideration at this time (i.e.. we would not assume that the community waives its rights in 

perpetuity.) 
Typically, we would provide a summary of and solicit the community's preference of the 

various proposals and options. However, since Cape Air was the only carrier to respond, 

there are no options from which to choose. Nonetheless, we wanted to give you an 

opportunity to submit any final comments you might have for the record on the proposed 

service. We request that you review this information as expeditiously as possible and submit 

any comments you may have as soon as possible, but in any case no later than September 17, 

2010. We will carefully consider your comments before we submit a recommendation to the 

Assistant Secretary for a final decision. If you have questions, or if you find that you need 

additional time to draft your comments, please let us know. 

Please submit your comments to me at: EAS@dot.gov 

In addition, we would appreciate if you would email your comments to 

dennis.devanv@dot.gov and renee.wiiliams@dot.gov. You should also send a copy of your 

comments to Cape Air. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Renee Williams 

of my staff at 202-366-1058. 

An identical letter has been sent to the Interim City Manager. 

Sincerely, 

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Dermis J. DeVahy, Chief 

EAS & Domestic Analysis Division 

Office of Aviation Analysis