MESABA AIRLINES 

March 25, 2010 

Todd M. Homan 

Director 

EAS & Domestic Analysis Division, X-53 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

Department of Transportation 

Room 64171 

400 7'*" Street, S.W. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Re: Docket OST-1999-5175 and OST-2003-15128. 

Order Requesting Proposal for Essential Air Service at; 

• Iron Mountain/Kingsford, Michigan 

• Escanaba, Michigan 

Dear Mr. Homan: 

In response to the Department's Order, Mesaba Aviation, Inc., doing business as Delta 

Connection, is enclosing detailed subsidy proposals for essential air service for the abovementioned cities. The following outlines the proposal details of each community all utilizing the 

32-seat Saab 340 aircraft. 

There are three options submitted for review. Options 1 and 2 can be considered independently 

or combined. 

• Option 1 provides Escanaba, MI with fourteen (14) weekly non-stop flights to Detroit 

with a required armual subsidy of $2,309,716. 

• Option 2 provides Iron Mountain/Kingsford, MI with fourteen (14) weekly non-stop 

flights to Mirmeapolis with a required armual subsidy of $2,175,713. 

• Option 3 combines the two communities and shares the aircraft by providing Escanaba, 

MI with fourteen (14) weekly non-stop flights from Detroit which continue on to Iron 

Mountain/Kingsford. It provides Iron Mountain/Kingsford, MI with seven (7) weekly 

non-stop flights from Minneapolis which continue on to Escanaba. The annual subsidy 

required is $4,181,068. 

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looo BLUE GENTIAN ROAD, SUITE 200, EAGAN, M N 55121 
Ref: Docket OST-2003-15128 and OST-1999-5175 

Mesaba Aviation Inc. 

EAS sei'vice proposal for service to Escanaba & Iron Mountain, Michigan 

EAS Station 

Docket Number 

Hub 

Round tiips per week 

Completion Factor 

Total Passengers 

Total Block Hours 

Total Departures 

Passenger Revenue 

Otiier Revenue 

Total Revenue 

Pilots 

Fuel 

\{aintenance 

Aircraft 

Total Directs 

Total Indirects 

Option I 

ESC 

DTW 

14 

97% 

17,703 

2,415 

1.416 

$1,469,308 

$195,605 

$1,664,912 

$577,004 

$578,062 

$866,736 

$499,996 

$2,521,797 

$1,236,717 

Option 2 

IMT 

MSP 

14 

97% 

12,038 

2,005 

1,416 

$975,054 

$100,426 

$1,075,479 

$479,028 

$479,907 

$719,564 

$415,096 

$2,093,596 

$980,818 

Option 3 

esc, iMT 

DTW, MSP 

21 

97% 

29,740 

4,212 

0 

$2,444,361 

$296,030 

$2,740,392 

$1,006,369 

$1,008,215 

$1,511,699 

$872,057 

$4,398,340 

$2,146,775 

Total Operating 

Inflation Rate 

allowance 

Profit 

Economic Cost 

0.75% 

5.0% 

Required Annual Subsidy Rate 

$3,758,514 

$28,189 

$187,926 

$3,974,628 

$2,309,716 

$3,074,413 

$23,058 

$153,721 

$3,251,192 

$2,175,713 

$6,545,115 

$49,088 

$327,256 

$6,921,459 

$4,181,068 

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Ref: Docket OST-2003-15128 and OST-1999-5175 

Mesaba Aviation Inc. 

Schedules for each community outlined below. 

Grig Dept Pest Arr Equip Days 

DTW 

DTW 

ESC 

ESC 

ESC 

ESC 

DTW 

DTW 

12:20 

19:25 

6:17 

15:00 

14:02 

21:07 

8:00 

16:43 

XJSF3 

XJSF3 

XJSF3 

XJ SF3 

Daily 

Daily 

Daily 

Daily 

Stops 

Non-stop 

Non-stop 

Non-stop 

Non-stop 

Grig Dept Pest Arr Equip Days Stops 

MSP IMT 13:05 14:30 XJ SF3 Daily Non-stop 

MSP IMT 19:05 20:30 XJ SF3 Daily Non-stop 

IMT MSP 7:00 8:25 XJ SF3 Daily Non-stop 

IMT MSP 15:00 16:25 XJSF3 Daily Non-stop 

Grig Dept Pest Arr Equip Days Stops 

MSP 

DTW 

DTW 

ESC 

ESC 

ESC 

ESC 

ESC 

ESC 

DTW 

DTW 

MSP 

13:05 

15:15 

19:25 

7:47 

16:33 

17:12 

16:18 

16:57 

21:07 

9:30 

18:16 

18:25 

XJ SF3 Daily 

XJ SF3 Daily 

XJ SF3 Daily 

XJ SF3 Daily 

XJ SF3 Daily 

XJ SF3 Daily 

Grig Dept Pest Arr Equip Days 

1 

Non-stop 

Non-stop 

Non-stop 

Non-stop 

1 

Stops 

MSP 

DTW 

DTW 

IMT 

IMT 

IMT 

IMT 

IMT 

IMT 

13:05 

15:15 

19:25 

DTW 5:58 

DTW 14:45 

MSP 17:00 

14:30 

16:45 

20:55 

9:30 

18:16 

18:25 

XJ SF3 Daily 

XJ SF3 Daily 

XJ SF3 Daily 

XJ SF3 Daily 

XJ SF3 Daily 

XJ SF3 Daily 

Non-stop 

1 

1 

1 

Non-stop 

Delta Connection provides scheduled service between Delta's hubs and many cities 

throughout the U.S. Delta's network provides these communities with convenient, single-carrier 

connections to hundreds of flights in the U.S./Canadian and worldwide. We look forward to the 

opportunity to continue providing essential air service to all the customers of these communities. 

lectftillyjsubmitted. 

^A; ^ 

JohJh G. Spanjers 

President 

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