# MESAB A AIRLINE S

March25 , 201 0

ToddM
. Homa

n Director EA S & Domesti c Analysi s Division , X-5 3 Office o f Aviatio n Analysi s Department

o f Transportatio n Room6417 1 40 0 7'*" Street , S.W

. Washington , D C 2059 0
Re : Docke t

OST-1999-517 5 an dOST-2003-15128

. Orde r Requestin g Proposa l fo r Essentia l Ai r

Servic e at ; • Iro n Mountain/Kingsford , Michiga n • Escanaba , Michiga n
Dea r Mr
. Homan : In respons e t o th e Department' s Order , Mesab aAviation , Inc. , doin g busines s a s Delta Connection , i s enclosin g detaile dsubsidy proposal s fo r essential air

servic e fo

r th e above

mentione dcities

. Th e followin g outline s th e proposal detail s o f eac hcommunity al l utilizin g th e 32-sea t Saa b 34 0 aircraft

. There are thre e option s submitte dfo r review

. Option s 1 an d2 ca n b e considere dindependentl y o r combined

.

• Optio n 1 provide s Escanaba , M I wit hfourteen (14 ) weekl y non-sto p flights t o Detroi t wit harequire darmua

l subsidy o f

$2,309,716

.

• Optio n 2 provide s Iro n Mountain/Kingsford , M I wit hfourteen (14 ) weekl y non-sto p flights t o Mirmeapoli s wit harequire darmua

l subsidy o f

$2,175,713

.

• Optio n 3 combine s th e tw o communitie s an dshare s th e aircraf t b y providin g Escanaba , M I wit hfourtee n (14 ) weekl y non-sto p flights fromDetroi t whic hcontinu e o n to Iron Mountain/Kingsford

. It

provide s Iro n Mountain/Kingsford , M I withseven (7 ) weekl y non-sto p flights fromMinneapoli s whic hcontinu e o n t o Escanaba

. Th e annua l subsidy require di s $4,181,068

.

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### Ref : Docke t OST-2003-1512 8 andOST-1999-517 5

Mesab aAviatio n Inc
.

EA S sei'vic e proposa l fo r servic e t o Escanab a& Iro n Mountain , Michiga n

EA S Statio n Docke t Number Hub Roundtiip s per

wee k Completio n Facto r Tota l Passenger s Tota l Bloc k Hour s Total Departure s Passenger Revenu e Otiier Revenu e Tota l Revenu e Pilot s Fuel \{aintenanc e Aircraf t Total Direct s Tota l Indirect s Optio n I ES C DT W 1 4 97 % 17,70 3 2,41 5 1.41 6 $1,469,30 8 $195,60 5 $1,664,91 2 $577,00 4 $578,06 2 $866,73 6 $499,99 6 $2,521,79 7 $1,236,71 7 Optio n 2 IMT MS P 1 4 97 % 12,03 8 2,00 5 1,41 6 $975,05 4 $100,42 6 $1,075,47 9 $479,02 8 $479,90 7 $719,56 4 $415,09 6 $2,093,59 6 $980,81 8 Optio n 3



### esc , iM T DTW , MS P 2 1 97 % 29,74 0 4,21 2 0 $2,444,36 1 $296,03 0 $2,740,39 2 $1,006,36 9 $1,008,21 5 $1,511,69 9 $872,05 7 $4,398,34 0 $2,146,77 5
Total Operatin g Inflatio n Rate allowanc e Profit Economi c Cos t 0.75 % 5.0 %
Require dAnnua

l Subsid y Rate $3,758,51 4 $28,18 9 $187,92 6 $3,974,62 8 $2,309,71 6 $3,074,41 3

$23,05 8 $153,72 1 $3,251,19 2 $2,175,71 3 $6,545,11 5

$49,08 8 $327,25 6 $6,921,45 9 $4,181,06 8

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## Schedule s fo

r eac hcommunity outline dbelow

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Equi p Day s DT W DT W ES C ES C ES C

ES C DT W DT W 12:2 0 19:2 5 6:1 7 15:0 0 14:0 2

21:0 7 8:0 0 16:4 3 XJSF 3

XJSF 3 XJSF 3 X J SF 3 Dail y Dail y Dail y Dail y Stop s

Non-sto p Non-sto p Non-sto p Non-sto p

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Equi p Day s Stop s MS P DT W DT W ES C ES C ES C ES C

ES C ES C DT W DT W MS P 13:0 5 15:1 5 19:2 5 7:4 7 16:3 3 17:1 2 16:1 8

16:5 7 21:0 7 9:3 0 18:1 6 18:2 5 X J SF 3 Dail y

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## Delt aConnectio n provide s schedule dservic e betwee n Delta' s hub s andmany citie s throughout

th e U.S

. Delta' s networ

k provide s thes e communitie s wit hconvenient , single-carrier connection s t o hundred s o f flights i n th e U.S./Canadian andworldwide

. W e loo k forwar dt o th e opportunit y t o continu e providin g essential ai r servic e t o al l th e customer s o f thes e communities

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