## Before the United States Department ofTransportation '' 

# Washington, DC June 5, 2012

Essential Air Service at LARAMIE, WYOMING WORLAND, WYOMING DocketOST-1997-2958 DocketOST-1997-2981 under49 U.S.C. 41731 et.seq.

This document contains Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.'s. response to Order Requesting Proposals 2012-4-31. Great LakesAviation, Ltd. is pleased to submitthese proposals, on a stand alone basis, to provide essential airtransportation at these points in Wyoming. Our proposals contemplate convenientlytimed connecting services to our Denver hub, whereby passengers may utilize our code-share agreementswith United Airlines and FrontierAirlines. Local servicewill be marketed and priced utilizing the Great Lakes (ZK) brand and reservations system. Additionally, Great Lakes maintains interlineticketing and baggage agreementswith the majority ofthe other carriers serving Denver, including interline e-ticketing agreementswith American Airlines, DeltaAirlines, FrontierAirlines, United Airlines and U.S. Airways. All of which will offer passengerstraveling to and from these communities supplemental access to the domesticand international airtransportation system.
Laramie servicewill be non-stop to the Denver hub with no upline restrcitions. Worland service will be one-stop overeither Cheyenne, Riverton or Laramie; or at Great Lakes discretion, we would provide non-stop service to Denver provided we have no upline restrictions.
All proposals contemplate the use of 19seat Beechcraft 1900D airliner equipment. Questions and comments may be referred to: Michael 

### 0. Matthews Chief Financial Officer Great LakesAviation, Ltd. 1022 Airport Parkway Cheyenne, VVY 82001 (307) 432-7000

### Table ofContents: Subsidy Passengers Average Bid Service Point(s) Hub(s) Served Round Trips Equipment Requirement Forecast Fare

1 Laramie Denver 3 1900D 

### $1,536,014 16,250 $99.24 2 Worland Denver 2 1900D 

### $1,987,148 6,500 $132.42 Each bid is a stand alone bid

# Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Annual Compensation Requirements for Essential Air Service at 

## Laramie, Wyoming to Denver (DEN) Three Round Trips- 81900 (at 98 percent completion) Departures: Block Hours: Revenue Passenger Miles: Available Seat Miles: Operating Revenues: Passenger: lAR-DEN 16,250 psgrs at $99.24 $1,612,650

Other: (at0.62% of passenger revenue) Total Operating Revenues: 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% ofTotal Operating Expenses) Annual Compensation Requirement: $9,998

$365,710 $822,984 $238,541 $450,708

Currentpublished schedules should be used as sample service levels. All Laramie • Denver- Laramie service is non-stop. This Proposal is submitted with no upline scheduling restrctions. 1,840 1,362 2,137,500 3,985,440

$1,622,648

$1,877,942 $1 '130,308 $3,008,250 ($1 ,385,602) $150,413 $1,536,014

# Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Annual Compensation Requirements for EssentialAir Service at 

# Worland, Wyoming to Denver (DEN) Two Round Trips- 81900 (at 98 percent completion) Departures: Revenue Passenger Miles:

Operating Revenues: Passenger: WRL-DEN 6,500 psgrs at

Other: (at 0.62% ofpassenger revenue) Total Operating Revenues: Operating Expenses: Direct: Aircraft and Hull Insurance Fuel and Oil Flying Operations Maintenance Total Direct Expenses: Total Indirect Expenses: Total Operating Expenses: Operatingloss Profit Element (5.0% ofTotal Operating Expenses) 

### Annual Compensation Requirement: $132.42 $860,730
$5,337

$199,710 $1,018,454

$214,897 $344,468



### Current published schedulesshould be used as sampleservice levels. Worland servicewill be one-stopto DenverovereitherCheyenne, Riverton or Laramie. AtGreat Lakes' discretion, non-stopto Denver would be provided so long as there are no upline restrictions. 1,227 2,145,000

$866,067

$1,777,528

$939,819 $2,717,348 ($1,851.281) $135,867 $1,987,148