Order: 2015

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Served: April 16, 2015



### UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 16th day of April , 20 15

Essential Air Service at

CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA

MOAB, UTAH

PUEBLO, COLORADO

VERNAL, UTAH

Under 49 U.S.C. 41731 et seq

. Docket DOT

- OST

- 1997

- 2649

Docket DOT

- OST

- 1997

- 2827

Docket DOT

- OST

- 1999

- 6589

Docket DOT

- OST

- 1997

- 2706



### ORDER EXTENDING SERVICE OBLIGATION

Summary

By this O rder, the United States Department of Transportation (the Department) extends the

Essential Air Service (EAS) o bligation of SkyWest Airlines, operating as United Express

(SkyWest United )

, at Crescent City, California, and Pueblo, Colorado, and also operating as

Delta Connection (SkyWest Delta) at Moab and Vernal, Utah, for an additional 30 days, through

May 17

, 2015 , or until a new air carrier begins full EAS at the communities, w hichever occurs

first, in accordance with 49 U.S.C. § 41734(c).

Background

On November 18

, 2014, SkyWest United and SkyWest Delta filed 90

- day notice s with the

Department o f its intent to terminate its subsi dized EAS at all four communities , effective

Apr il 6

, 2015 . By Order 2014

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- 18 (November 25

, 2014 )

, the Department prohibited the air

carrier from su s pending service for 30 days bey ond the end of its 90

- day notice period, i.e.

March 18, 2015

, and requested proposals from air carriers interested in providing replacement

service at the four communities

. Several c arriers filed proposals which can be viewed on

www.regulations.gov under each community’s respective docket number

.

By Order 2015

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- 14 (March 25, 2 015), the Department selected Peninsula Airways, Inc. to

provide EAS at Crescent City for a two

- year term beginning September 1

, 2015. By Order

2015

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- 15 (March 26, 2015), the Department selected Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to provide

EAS at Moab and Verna l for a two

- year term beginning May 1, 2015. At this time, no selection

order has been issued for Pueblo.2

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

ACCORDINGLY,

1. We require SkyWest Airlines, operating as United Express

, to provide the level of service at

Crescent City, California

, as set forth in Order 2014

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- 23 , for an additional 30

- day period

through M ay 17, 2015 , or until a n air carrier ca pable of providing reliable EAS actually begins

service, whichever is first ; 1

2. We require SkyWest Airlines, operating as United Express and Delta Connection , to provide

the level of service at Moab, Utah, Pueblo, Colorado, and Vernal, Utah, as set forth in Orde r

2014

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- 18 , for an additi onal 30

- day period through May 17, 2015, or until an air carrier capable

of providing reliable EAS actually begins service, whichever is first; 2

3 . We direct SkyWest Airlines, operating as United Express and Delta Connection

, to retain all

books, 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 documentation shall be

retained for seven years from the service date of this O rder 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 claim that is not

su p ported under the terms of this O rder;

4 . These d ocket s will remain open until further order of the Department; and

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

- day periods as necessary until repl acement service actually begins at Crescent City

. 2 In accordance with 49 U.S.C. § 41734(c), we will extend SkyWest United’s and SkyWest Delta’s service

obligation for successive 30

- day periods as necessary until replac ement service actually begins at Moab, Pueblo , and

Vernal

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5

. The Department will serve a copy of this Order on the m ayor s of Crescent City, California

, Moab, Utah, Pueblo, Colorado, Vernal, Ut ah; the airport d irector s at Del Norte Regional Airport

(Crescent City)

, Canyonlands Airport (Moab), Pueblo Memorial Airport, Vernal Regional

Airport, and SkyWest Airlines, operating as United Express and Delta Connection

.

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

Aviation Eco nomic Regulations, 14 CFR 385.31(a) , must file such petitions within seven (7 )

days after the date of service of this order.

This O rder will be effective immediately, and the filing o f 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 at

www.regulations.govAPPENDIX A

Essential Air Service to be Maintained at Crescent City, California

Effective Period : April 18, 2015

, through May 17, 2015

Hub: San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

Scheduled Service : 14 weekly nonstop round trips to Cr escent City

Aircraft : 30

- passenger Embraer Brasilia EMB 120

Essential Air Service to be Maintained at Moab, Utah

Effective Period : April 18, 2015, through May 17, 2015

Hub: Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)

Scheduled Service : 12 weekly nonstop round trips to Moab

Aircraft : 30

- passenger Embraer Brasilia EMB 120

Essential Air Service to be Maintained at Pueblo, Colorado

Effective Period : April 18, 2015, through May 17, 2015

Hub: Denver International Airport (DEN)

Schedu led Service : 12 weekly nonstop round trips to Pueblo

Aircraft : 30

- passenger Embraer Brasilia EMB 120

Essential Air Service to be Maintained at Vernal

, Utah

Effective Period : April 18, 2015, through May 17, 2015

Hub: Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)

Scheduled Service : 12 weekly nonstop round trips to Vernal

Aircraft : 30

- passenger Embraer Brasilia EMB 120