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### UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 17 th day of October , 20 1 1

Essential Air Service at

CODY, WYOMING

under 4 9 U.S.C. 41731 et seq

. DOCKET DOT

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ORDER EXTENDING SERVICE OBLIGATION

Summary By this order, the Department of Transportation extends the essential air service ( “ EAS ” ) obligation of SkyWest Airlines operating as Delta Connection (“Delta Connection”)

, at Cody,

WY

, for an additional 30 days, through November 2 6 , 2011

.

Background

On June 27, 2011

, Delta Connection filed a 90

- day notice with the Department of its intent to

terminate its un subsidized service at Cody, WY

, effective September 2 5, 2011 . By

Order 2011

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, issued August 30, 2011 , the Department prohibited SkyWest from suspending

service through October 27, 2011

, and requested proposals from carriers interested in providing replacement service

. As required by 49 U.S.C. 41734, we have extended Delta Connection ’s service obligation for an initial 30

- day period , through October 27, 2011 , by Order 2011

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.

We have now received one proposal and the community’s comments. However, we will not have completed the carrier

- selection cas e by October 27, 2011, the end of the current hold

- in period. I n accordance with 49 U.S.C. 41734(c), we must extend SkyWest’s service obligation for an additional 30 days, or until replacement service actually begins, whichever occurs first.

This order is issued under authority assigned in 14 CFR 385.12(k)(5).

ACCORDINGLY,

1. We require SkyWest Airlines

, operating as Delta Connection

, to maintain its current level of

service at the above

- captioned community, as set forth in Appendix A , for an additional 30

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period through November 26, 2011, or until a carrier capable of providing reliable EAS actually begins service, whichever is first 1 ;

2. We direct SkyWest Airlines to retain all bo oks, records, and other source and summary documentation to support subsidy claims for payment, and to preserve and maintain such documentation in a manner that readily permits its audit and examination by representatives of the Department. Such documenta tion shall be retained for seven years or until the Department indicates that the records may be destroyed, whichever comes first. Copies of flight logs for aircraft sold or disposed of must be retained. The carrier may forfeit its compensation for any

c laim that is not supported under the terms of this order;

3. This Docket will remain open until further order of the Department; and

4. We will serve copies of this order on the Mayor of Cody, Wyoming, the airport manager of Yellowstone Regional Airpor t, and SkyWest Airlines

.

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of this order under the Department’s

Aviation Economic Regulations, 14 CFR 385.50, must file such petitions within ten (10) days

after the date of service of this order.

This order will be effective immediately, and the filing of a petition for review shall not preclude

its effectiveness.

By:

TODD M. HOMAN

Director Office of Aviation Analysis

(SEAL)

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at www.regulations.gov

1 In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 41734(c), we will extend Delta Connection’s service obligation for successive 30

- day periods as necessary until replacement service actually begins.

### Appendix A

Essential Air Service to be Maintained at Cody, Wyoming

Effective Period : October 2 7 , 2011, until fur ther Department action

Scheduled Service : One round trip a day (seven a week) to Salt Lake City

Aircraft : 30

- seat Brasilia EMB

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