Before the United States Department of Transportation 

Washington, DC 

June 1,2010 

Essential Air Service at: 

MERCED, CALIFORNIA 

VISALIA, CALIFORNIA 

ELY, NEVADA 

under 49 U.S.C. 41731 et.seq. 

Docket OST-1998-3521 

Docket OST-2004-19916 

Docket OST-1995-361 

This document contains Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.'s. response to Order Requesting 

Proposals 2010-5-4. 

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. is pleased to submit these proposals to provide essential 

air transportation at these points in California and Nevada. 

Great Lakes' will utilize our code-share relationships where applicable. In addition. Great Lakes 

maintains interline ticketing and baggage agreements with the majority of the other carriers 

serving the proposed hub destinations; including interline e-ticketing agreements with 

Continental Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines and U.S. Ainways. All of which will offer 

passengers maxium access to the domestic and international air transportation system. 

We contemplate the use of pressurized 19 seat Beechcraft 1900D airliner equipment. 

Questions and comments may be referred to: 

Michael O. Matthews 

Chief Financial Officer 

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. 

1022 Airport Parkway 

Cheyenne, WY 82001 

(307) 432-7000 
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Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. 

Annual Compensation Requirements for Essential Air Service at 

Merced, California 

Two Round Trips - B1900 

98.5% completion factor 

Departures: 

Block Hours: 

Revenue Passenger Miles: 

Available Seat Miles: 

1,434 

2,151 

4,312,000 

8,391,768 

Operating Revenues: 

Passenger: MCE 14,000 psgrsat $110.41 $1,545,740 

Other: (at 0.62% of passenger revenue) 

Total Operating Revenues: 

$9,584 

$1,555,324 

Operating Expenses: 

Direct: Aircraft and Hull Insurance 

Fuel and Oil 

Flying Operations 

Maintenance 

Total Direct Expenses: 

Total Indirect Expenses: 

Total Operating Expenses: 

Operating Loss 

Profit Element (5.0% of Total Operating Expenses) 

Annual Compensation Requirement: 

Representative Schedule 

$338,710 

$1,088,614 

$353,345 

$476,805 

Flt# 

5194 

5194 

5197 

5197 

Freq 

1234567 

1234567 

1234567 

1234567 

Flow 

MCE-LAS 

LAS-MCE 

MCE-LAS 

LAS-MCE 

Schedule 

0950-1120 

0810-0940 

1530-1700 

1350-1520 

Block 

Time 

90 

90 

90 

90 

Miles 

308 

308 

308 

308 

ASMS 

5852 

5852 

5852 

5852 

Equip 

BE1 

BE1 

BE1 

BE1 

$2,257,473 

$1,091,572 

$3,349,045 

($1,793,721) 

$167,452 

$1,961,174 

Service routing would be non-stop to Las Vegas or one-stop to Denver 

No upline restrictions on one round trip 

Upline service routing would be one-stop to Ontario, Los Angeles or Orange County 
Great Lal^es Aviation, Ltd. 

Annual Compensation Requirements for Essential Air Service at 

VisalJa, California 

Two Round Trips - B1900 

98.5% completion factor 

Departures: 

Block Hours: 

Revenue Passenger Miles: 

Available Seat Miles: 

1,434 

1,344 

1,953,000 

5,067,756 

Operating Revenues: 

Passenger: VIS 10,500 psgrs at $97.55 $1,024,275 

Other: (at 0.62% of passenger revenue) 

Total Operating Revenues: 

$6,351 

$1,030,626 

Operating Expenses: 

Direct: Aircraft and Hull Insurance 

Fuel and Oil 

Flying Operations 

Maintenance 

Total Direct Expenses: 

Total Indirect Expenses: 

Total Operating Expenses; 

Operating Loss 

Profit Element (5.0% of Total Operating Expenses) 

Annual Compensation Requirement: 

Representative Schedule 

$338,710 

$756,299 

$220,779 

$372,121 

Flt# 

5045 

5196 

5196 

5061 

Freq 

1234567 

1234567 

1234567 

1234567 

Flow 

VIS-ONT 

ONT-VIS 

VIS-ONT 

ONT-VIS 

Schedule 

0610-0705 

1425-1525 

1535-1630 

1745-1845 

Block 

Time 

55 

60 

55 

60 

Miles 

186 

186 

186 

186 

ASMS 

3534 

3534 

3534 

3534 

Equip 

BE1 

BE1 

BE1 

BE1 

Service routing would be non-stop to Ontario, Los Angeles or Orange County 

No upline restrictions on one round trip 

Upline service routing would be one-stop to Denver or one-stop to Las Vegas 

$1,687,908 

$956,980 

$2,644,888 

($1,614,263) 

$132,244 

$1,746,507 
Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. 

Annual Compensation Requirements for Essential Air Service at 

Ely, Nevada 

Two Round Trips - B1900 

98.5% completion factor 

Departures: 

Block Hours: 

614 

624 

Operating Revenues: 

Passenger: ELY 1,000 psgrsat $144.22 $144,220 

Other: (at 0.62% of passenger revenue) 

Total Operating Revenues: 

$894 

$145,114 

Operating Expenses: 

Direct: Aircraft and Hull Insurance 

Fuel and Oil 

Flying Operations 

Maintenance 

Total Direct Expenses: 

Total Indirect Expenses: 

Total Operating Expenses: 

Operating Loss 

Profit Element (5.0% of Total Operating Expenses) 

Annual Compensation Requirement: 

$338,710 

$529,787 

$102,504 

$167,007 

$1,138,008 

$668,831 

$1,806,839 

($1,661,725) 

$90,342 

$1,752,067 

Representative Schedule 

Flt# Freq Flow Schedule 

5036 123456 ELY-DEN 0536-0920 

5035 123456 DEN-ELY 1925-2115 

one stop service 

one stop service 

Equip 

BE1 

BE1 

No upline restrictions 

Service routing would be one-stop to Denver or non-stop to Las Vegas