## Order 2011 - 6 - 26 Served: June 24, 2011 

## UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

## OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued b y the Department of Transportation on the 24 th 

## of June, 2011

INTRA ALASKA BU SH MAIL RATES Docket OST - 2003 - 14694 Seaplane Quarterly Fuel Adjustment Summary By this order the Department is updating the Seaplane linehaul rate to reflect the most recent quarterl y fuel costs. The new rate is to be effective the second Saturday after the service date of this order, and reflect s fuel expenses for the quarter ended March 31 , 201 1 . Background Order 2010 - 12 - 28 directed the parties to show cause why we should not make fin al new Part 121, Part 135, and Seaplane linehaul and the unitary Terminal rate classes based on data for the ye ar ended June 30, 2010 . We were not in a position to update any lin ehaul rate for changes in fuel costs for the quarters ended September 30, 2010, or December 31, 2010, because we were awaiting the resolution of objections to the underl yi ng rates proposed on a show - cause basis in Order 2010 - 12 - 28. By Order 2011 - 6 - 14 , we tentativel y set new linehaul mail rates for the Part 121 and Part 135 service classes , but made final the Seaplane and Terminal rates tentativel y set b y Order 2010 - 12 - 28, effective the second Saturday after the service date of the order, i.e., June 24, 2011. After we conclude the annual linehaul update for the Part 121 and Part 135 rates, we will adjust them for quarterl y fuel rates as well. The table below shows the current and new quarterly fuel rates and overall l ineh a ul rates per mail revenue ton mile (M - RTM), reflecting a 28.45 percent increase in the fuel portion of the rate, which produces a 5. 01 percent increase in the overall seaplane linehaul rate.

## - 2 - Service Class Current Rate Fuel, YE 6 - 30 - 10 Fuel, QE 3 - 31 - 11 New Rate Seaplane $3 2.8944 $5.7866 $7 . 4330 $34. 5408 

## The $716.16 per ton enplaned terminal portion of the mail rate is unaffected by our update of the seaplane lin eh a

ul, and neither are the Part 121 and Part 135 linehaul rates. The next anticipated quarterl y adjustment for seaplane fuel costs will be based on data of the quarter ending June 30 , 2011. We will update the Part 121 and Part 135 rates for changes in quarterl y fuel costs as soon as practicable. ACCORDINGLY, 1. We fix, determine and publish the proposed final seaplane mail rate to be $34. 5408 per m ail revenue ton mile, to be effective on the second Saturday after the service date of this order. 2. This docket shall remain open until further order of the Department; 3. We will serve this order upon all parties on th e service list for this Docket; Persons entitle d to petition the Dep artment for review of this order under the Department’s regulations, 1 4 CFR 385.30, must file such petitions within ten (10) day s a f ter the date of service of this order. The filing of a petiti on for review shall not stay its effectiveness. By : TODD M. HOMAN Director, Office of Aviation Anal ysis (SEAL) An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.regulations.govAp pend ix A Se ap lan e Qu art erEnd

ed March 31, 2011, Fue l E xpense Carri er To ta l A.S eap lan e Is lan d Air Pacific PenA ir PMAir PM Air Ta quan Air craft Nam e Be aver Be av er Beav er Go os e Be aver Ot te r Be aver Air craft Cod

e 40 40 40 170 40 42 40 Fu el Expen se 1 . Fue l Exp ens e $271,705 $39,699 $4,457 $61, 077 $42,155 $48,814 $2,928 $72,575 2 . Ga llo nsIs su

ed 53,715 9,050 850 12,150 6,907 11,005 824 12,929 3 . Sy st em R

ev. B lk . Hrs ., T -100 S

eg ment 2,177 378 33 571 135 381 10 669 4 . El igible B lo ck Hou rs 1,993 362 29 510 134 361 3 594 5 . El igible Mail R

TM 11,400 1,099 23 1, 615 816 1,649 3 6,195 6 . T ot al Elig

ible RT M 33,547 5,756 197 8, 288 4,355 6,219 103 8,629 7 . Pr ice per G

allo n (R 1 ÷ R2 ) $5.06 $4.39 $5.24 $5.03 $6.10 $4.44 $3.55 $5.61 8 . Burn pe r Ho ur( R

2 ÷ R3 ) 25 24 26 21 51 29 82 19 9 . Un it C ostsper B lo ck Ho ur(R 1 ÷ R3 ) $124.81 $105.02 $135.06 $106.96 $312.26 $128.12 $292.80 $108.48 10 . El igible Fu

el Ex pens e (R 1*R

4÷R3 ) $249,900 $38,019 $3,917 $54, 552 $41,843 $46,252 $878 $64,439 11 . Un it C ost per El igible RT M (R 10 ÷ R6 ) $7.4493 $6.6051 $19.8832 $6.5820 $9.6080 $7.4372 $8.5243 $7.4677 12 . Pe rcent age o f T ot al Mail R TM s 100.00% 9.64% 0. 20% 14.17% 7.16% 14.46% 0.03% 54.34% 13 . Un it C ost, W td. by Mail RT MsAbove $7.4330 $0.6367 $0.0398 $0.9327 $0.6879 $1.0754 $0.0026 $4.0579

Year En de d Ju

ne 30, 2010, Ord

er2010-9-24, Fue l Ex pens e

YE 6-3 0-10 A.S eap lan e Is lan d Air Pacific PenA ir PMAir PM Air Ta quan Air cr aft Name Be aver Be av er Beav er Go os e Be aver Ot te r Be aver Air cr aft Cod

e To ta ls 40 40 40 170 40 42 40 1 . Fue l Exp ens e $2,317,692 $246,956 $65, 159 $429,835 $134,373 $380,278 $430,142 $630,949 2 . Ga llo nsIs su

ed 553,014 49,836 13,625 101, 295 21,401 93,799 129, 312 143,746 3 . Sy st em R

ev. B lk . Hrs ., T -100 S

eg ment 20,972 2,508 474 4, 705 444 3,524 2, 459 6,858 4 . El igible B lo ck Hou rs 12,223 2,345 369 4, 033 438 2,010 248 2,780 5 . El igible Mail R

TM 52,968 6,674 794 6, 959 3,500 7,331 848 26,862 6 . T ot al Elig

ible RT M 243,196 48,678 5, 734 80,603 16,274 38,312 11,386 42,209 7 . Pr ice per G

allo n (R 1 ÷ R2 ) $4.19 $4.96 $4.78 $4.24 $6.28 $4.05 $3.33 $4.39 8 . Burn pe r Ho ur( R

2 ÷ R3 ) 26 20 29 22 48 27 53 21 9 . Un it C ostsper B lo ck Ho ur(R 1 ÷ R3 ) $110.51 $98. 47 $137.47 $91.36 $302.64 $107.91 $174.93 $92.00 10 . El igible Fu

el Ex pens e (R 1*R

4÷R3 ) $1,298,679 $230,906 $50, 725 $368,443 $132,557 $216,901 $43, 382 $255,765 11 . Un it C ost per El igible RT M (R 10 ÷ R6 ) $5.3401 $4.7435 $8.8464 $4.5711 $8.1453 $5.6614 $3.8101 $6.0595 12 . Pe rcent age o f T ot al Mail R TM s 100.00% 12.600% 1.499% 13.138% 6. 608% 13.840% 1.601% 50.714% 13 . Un it C ost, W td. by Mail RT MsAbove $5.7866 $0.5977 $0.1326 $0.6006 $0.5382 $0.7835 $0.0610 $3.0730