## BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

July 10,2014 Essential Air Service LAKE MINCHUMINA,ALASKA Docket DOT-OST-2008-0237 Under49U.S.C. 41731 etseq.

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### Proposal to Provide Essential Air Service at Lake Minchumina, Alaska DOTOST-2008-0237

Tatonduk Outfitters Limited (dba Everts Air Alaska) publicly submits this proposal to provide Essential Air Service to Lake Minchumina beginningNovember I, 2014. Everts AirAlaska looks forward to providing direct-nonstop air service from Fairbanks to the community ofLake Minchumina. Everts Air Alaska's safety record is unmatched for Fairbanks flight operators. The flight distance to Lake Minchuminais 127 nautical miles. The average round trip flight time is 2.0 hours. Everts Air Alaska's proposal is to fly two direct nonstop flights each week and 104 flights per year during this contractperiod. The direct-nonstop service will be a Fairbanks-Lake Minchumina-Fairbanks line only. EAS scheduled service will be flown in a Pilatus PC-12 or a Cessna Caravan. The Pilatus and Caravan are modem-day turbine powered capable oftranspm1ing 2000-2500 pounds ofmail, freight and/or 9passengers perflight. Please visit Everts AirAlaska's web site at www.eve11sair.com to examine Pilatus and Caravan aircraft specific information along withphotos. (Select 'Aircraft' in the headerpart ofthe page and scroll downto find the Pilatus and Caravan information.) There is no publicroad transportation to the inhabitants ofLake Minchumina. The Pilatus PC-12 and Caravan are certified for IFR flight (instmment flight mles) and can depm1 Fairbanks when the weather is inclement and land at Lake Minchuminain IFR conditions. Being able to utilize these IFR aircraft will allow flights out ofFairbanks in reduced weather conditions and thus not intenupt the flight schedule when the weather is less than perfect.Proposed Schedule

• 2 flights per week and 1 04 flights peryear • Depending on community demand, flights will be either a Monday/Tuesday and a Thursday/Fridayweekly schedule • 1 04 flights peryear inthe Pilatus PC-12 orCessna Caravan208B • Fairbanks departure at 1:OOpm an·ive Lake Minchumina at 2:00pm • Lake Minchumina departure at 2:15pm aniveFairbanks at 3:15pm Projected Revenue Projectedrevenue hasbeen calculated using analysis ofvarious data including DOTnumbers, speaking with community members, and internal company numbers. Our calculated trend numbers suggests a flattening out for passenger travel and maybe a small drop in mail and freight weights. EAAplans to reduce tbe cunentticketprice hoping that the decrease will influence more freight shipments and passenger travel. Forthis reason, weuse the following numbers for projected traffic. FAIRBANKS-LAKE MINCHUMNIA-FAIRBANKS

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# • 0 0 0 180 projected FAI-LMA-FAIpassengers per year Passenger fares per $140.00 one-way ticket Projected FAI-LMA-FAI mail of 17,000 pounds Cunentbush mail rate of$1.37 Projected FAI-LMA-FAI freight per year 15,000 pounds Freightrate @ $.75 cents apound x 15,000 lbs Projected Revenue per year for passengers, mail, & freight:

Pilatus PC-12 

### I Caravan Operating Cost

Pilot Aircraft Fuel and Oil Other Maintenance Total Direct Per Hour $85.00 $270.00 $200.00 $150.00 $705.00 $25,200.00 $23,290.00 $11,250.00 $59,740.00

12 months $17,680.00 $56,160.00 $41,600.00 $31.200.00 $146,640.00Subsidy Request );. Total Annual Operating Costs );. Profit Element @ 10% );. Total Economic Cost Projected Revenue Yearly Subsidy J'equired at 100% completion $146,640.00 $14,664.00 $161,304.00 $59,740.00 $101,564.00

Evetis AirAlaskacertifies that operations are conducted in compliance withDepatiment regulations regarding drug-free workplaces, nondiscrimination and all regulations governing lobbying activities. Everts AirAlaska will present official documents verifYing confmmity on request. Sincere/?

## ~ Tatonduk Outfitters Limited DBAEverts Air Alaska 5525 Airport Industrial Rd. Fairbanks, AK 99709 Ken Leary Director ofOperations Everts Air Alaska kleary@evetisair.com 907-450-2353