# e li«3(Lice TOcrr - osr - tisoi--11 3 " f ? ULS L Departmen t o f 120 0 Ne wjerse yAvenue , S E Transportatio n Washington , D C 2059 0 Offic e o fth e Secretar y ofTionsportatio n r —1 Jun e 25 , 201 0 - 4 C D VI A EMAI L5 -'-C 3 Th e Honorabl e Heid i Daviso n . ; § Mayo r City o f Athen s 30 1 Colleg e Avenu e Athens , Georgi a30601-277 0 Dea r Mayo r Davison : I woul dlik e t o updat e yo u o n th e essentia l ai r servic e situatio n at

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yo u wish . A s yo u know , i n anticipatio n of th e en dof

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contrac t o n Septembe r

30 , 2010 , b y Orde r 2010-5-33 , issue dMay 28 , 2010 , th e Departmen t solicite dproposal s fro mai r carrier s intereste di n providin g essentia l air servic e at

Athen s an dMacon . In respons e t o tha t order , w e receive dproposal s fro mth e incumbent , Pacifi c Wings , LL C d/b/ aGeorgi aSkie s (Georgi a Skies) , Alask aJunea u Aeronautics , Inc . d/b/ aSeaPor t Airline s (SeaPort ) (Athen s only) , GulfstreamInternationa l Airlines , Inc . (Maco n only) . Charte r Ai r Transport , Inc. , an d Sovereig n Air, Inc . Becaus e of

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of applicant s an dservice/subsid y options , rathe r than describ e the mi n narrativ e form , w e include da n attachmen t

tha t summarize s the mi n that form . In additio n t o ou r

attache dsummary , th e proposals , a s wel l a s Orde r 2010-5-33 , can b e viewe d onlin e at www.regulations.gov . b y doin g asearc ho n Docke t DOT-OST-2002-1134 8 o r DOT-OST-2007-28671 . Pleas e not e tha t

propose dschedule s ar e illustrativ e an dth e carrier s ma y mak e schedul e change s t o reflec t

changin g conditions . Th e Departmen t expect s subsidize dai r

carrier s t o maintai n well-time dan dwell-space dflight s t o ensur e full compensation . M y purpos e i n writin g t o yo u at thi s tim e i s t o giv e yo u a n opportunit y t o submi t

any fina l comment s yo u migh t

hav e o n th e propose dservice . W e reques t tha t yo u revie w thi s informatio n a s expeditiousl y a s possibl e an dsubmi t an y comment s yo u may hav e a s soo n a s possible , bu t

i n an y cas e n o late r

than Jul y 16 , 2010 . W e wil l carefull y conside r you r comment s befor e w e submi t arecommendatio n t o th e Assistan t Secretary for

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t yo u nee dadditiona l tim e t o draf t you r comments , pleas e le t u s know . Pleas e submi t

you r comment s t o me at : EAS@dot.go v In addition , w e woul dappreciat e i f yo u woul demai l you r

comment s t o dennis.devanv@dot.go v an drenee.williams@dot.gov . Yo u shoul dals o sen dacop y of your comment s t o al l applicants . I f yo u hav e an y questions , pleas e fee l fre e t o contac t Rene e William s o f

my staf f a t 202-366-1058 . Identica l letter s hav e bee n sen t t o th e Mayo r

of Macon , a s wel l a s th e Manager s of Athen s Be n Epp s Airpor t

an dMiddl e Georgi aRegiona l Airport .

Sincerely ,

'Denni s J . DeVany,^hie f EA S & Domesti c Analysi s Divisio n Offic e o f Aviatio n Analysi sATTACHMEN T

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