BEFORE THE

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Essential Air Service at

Docket OST·1996·1902

December 10, 2013

CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO

Under Title 49 of the

U.S. Code, Section 41719, Air

Service Termination Notice

NINETY-DA Y NOTICE OF

TERMINATION OF ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE

Pursuant to Part 323 of the Department of Transportation's Regulations (14 C.F.R. part 323),

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. hereby serves its notice of intent to terminate scheduled air service to

Clovis, New Mexico from Denver, Colorado effective March 10, 2014.

,

In accordance with Section 417] 9, Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. supplies the following

information:

L Identification of Carrier

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

]022 Airport Parkway

Cheyenne, WY 8200 I

Communications with respect to this document should be directed to:

Michael Matthews

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

]022 Airport Parkway

Cheyenne, WY 82001

Telephone:

Fax:

(307) 432 7000

(307) 432 7001
At the time of the filing of this notice, Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., operating as Great

Lakes Airlines, provides service at Clovis, New Mexico. Great Lakes' schedules are

operated utilizing its own ZK two-letter code.

2. Great Lakes' service at Clovis, New Mexico consists of two daily (weekdays) one-stop

round trips to Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado. All flights utilize 19-seat

Beechcraft 19000 aircraft.

3. Great Lakes Airlines currently provides the only scheduled passenger air service at

Clovis, New Mexico.

4. The Great Lakes Airlines service being offered to Clovis is as follows:

FLTNO FROM DEPT TO ARRIV EQUIP FREQ STOPS

7301 CYN 600 DEN 819 BEl X7 1

7301 CVN 700 DEN 915 BEl 7 1

7303 CYN 1322 DEN 1615 BEl X67 I

7303 CVN 1322 LBL 1524 BEl X67 0

7301 CVN 600 PUB 711 BEl X7 0

7301 CVN 700 PUB 811 BEl 7 0

7302 DEN 1035 CVN 1307 BEl X67 I

7304 DEN 1525 CYN 1727 BEl 6 1

7304 DEN 1725 CVN 1927 BEl X6 I

7302 LBL 1305 CVN 1307 BEl X67 0

7304 PUB 1616 CVN 1727 BEl 6 0

7304 PUB 1816 CVN 1927 BEl X6 0

All schedule times listed are in local time effective December 10, 2013.

5. On or about April 30,2005, Great Lakes commenced scheduled air service to Clovis as

provided under the Essential Air Service Program per Order 2004-12-21. Great Lakes

was subsequently selected to continue providing air service under Order 2007-3-18,

Order 2009-3-3, Order 2011-4-19 and Order 2012-11-33.

6. On June 4, 2012 Great Lakes submitted a ninety-day notice of termination of Essential

Air Service at Clovis and Silver City/Hurley/Deming, NM ( see attached document). In

response to that termination notice, the U.S. DOT issued Order 2012-7-20 requesting

proposals for both communities. After communicating with each community, Great

Lakes submitted proposals offering alternative hub service versus the historical

Albuquerque hub service the communities were accustomed to receiving. Great Lakes

offered Phoenix hub service for the Silver City/Hurley/Deming community, which to date

has been well received.

For Clovis, NM, Great Lakes proposed a one-stop pattern of service to our Denver hub.

Great Lakes and the Clovis community also agreed to pursue a pre-screened security
program in order to provide sterile securitized transportation into the Denver hub. To

date, this has not been achieved at the Clovis airport. As an alternative method of

passenger screening prior to arrival at the Denver hub, Great Lakes has been deplaning

passengers for screening at intermediate stops enroute to Denver. This method of

passenger screening has resulted in a product which has not performed well. Clovis

passenger traffic has also not achieved targeted volume goals. Upon recent discussions

with the community, Great Lakes had suggested to the community Phoenix hub service

as an alternative-as Great Lakes currently operates a Phoenix hub. The Clovis

community has indicated that it does not have interest in utilizing Phoenix as an

alternative hub.

It has become clear that it is in the community's and the carrier's mutual best interest for

the DOT to solicit new requests for proposals to provide Essential Air Service at Clovis,

NM. Great Lakes shares the belief of the community that air service to the Dallas/Fort

Worth hub, would most likely provide the best air service opportunity for the Clovis

community. Great Lakes does not operate a DallaslFt. Worth hub. Therefore, Great

Lakes believes that a request for proposals, emphasizing service to the Dallas/Ft. Worth

hub, should be solicited to facilitate the desires of the community.

7. The effective date ofthis notice is December to, 2013.

8. The effective date ofthis intended termination is March to, 2014.

9. Objections, ifany, to this Notice are due on December 30,2013.

Respectfully Submitted,

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MIchael Matthews

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

Cheyenne, Wyoming

December 10, 2013
Certificate of Service

r hereby certify that I have served on December 10, 2013 by first class mail a copy of the

foregoing 90-day Notice of termination of scheduled service at Clovis, New Mexico to each of

Itn~persons named on t attached service list.

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I NLa~

Administrative Assistant

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

Service List:

The Honorable David Lansford

Mayor of Clovis

Post Office Box 760

Clovis, New Mexico 88101

Mr. Gene Bieker

Airport Manager

Clovis Municipal Airport

Post Office Box 760

Clovis, New Mexico 88 10 I

Mr. Steve Summers, Director

New Mexico Department of Transportation, Aviation Division

Box 1149

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-' 149

Mr. Kevin Schlemmer

Chief, EAS and Domestic Analysis

U.S. Department of Transportation

400 7th Street, SW

Washington, DC 20007

Kevin.Schlemmer@dot.gov

(via electronic mail)
Attachment

BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Essential Air Service at

Docket OST -1996-1902

Docket 0 ST -1996-1903

June 4,2012

CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO

SILVER CITY/HURLEY/ DEMING, NEW MEXICO

Under Title 49 of the

U.S. Code, Section 41719, Air

Service Termination Notice

NINETY-DAY NOTICE OF

TERMINATION OF ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE

Pursuant to Part 323 of the Department of Transportation's ,Regulations (14 C.F.R. part 323),

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. hereby serves its notice of intent to terminate scheduled air service to

Clovis, New Mexico and Silver City/HurleylDeming, New Mexico from Albuquerque, New

Mexico effective September 3, 2012.

In accordance with Section 41719, Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. supplies the following

information:

1. Identification of Carrier

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

1022 Airport Parkway

Cheyenne, WY 82001

Communications with respect to this document should be directed to:

Michael Matthews

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

1022 Airport Parkway

Cheyenne, WY 82001

Telephone:

Fax:

(307) 432 7000

(307) 432 7001
At the time of the filing of this notice, Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. operating as Great

Lakes Airlines provides service at Clovis, New Mexico and Silver City/Hurley/Deming,

New Mexico. Great Lakes' schedules are operated utilizing its own ZK two-letter code.

2. Great Lake's service at Clovis, New Mexico and Silver City/Hurley/Deming, New

Mexico each consist of two daily (weekdays) nonstop round trips to Albuquerque

International Sunport, Albuquerque, New Mexico. All flights utilize 19-seat Beechcraft

1900D aircraft.

3. Great Lakes Airlines currently provides the only scheduled passenger air service at both

communities.

4. The Great Lakes Airlines service being offered is as follows:

Clovis

Fit No. From Departure To Arrival £ggjQ Frequency

7301 CVN 600 ABO 700 BE1 X67

7301 CVN 900 ABO 1000 BE1 6

7301 CVN 1300 ABO 1400 BE1 7

7304 CVN 1553 ABO 1653 BE1 X67

7308 ABO 1355 CVN 1455 BE1 6

7304 ABO 1443 CVN 1543 BE1 X67

7308 ABO 1950 CVN 2050 BE1 X6

Silver City/HurleylDeming

~It No. From Departure To Arrival £ill!lQ Frequency

7303 SVC 815 ABO 905 BE1 X67

7303 SVC 1130 ABO 1220 BE1 6

7307 SVC 1840 ABO 1930 BE1 X6

7302 ABO 715 SVC 805 BE1 X67

7302 ABO 1030 SVC 1120 BE1 6

7306 ABO 1740 SVC 1830 BE1 X6

All flights operate non-stop.

All schedule times listed are in local time effective June 4, 2012.

5. On or about April 30,2005, Great Lakes commenced scheduled air service Clovis and

Silver City/Hurley/Deming to Albuquerque as provided under the Essential Air Service

Program per Order 2004-12-21. Great Lakes was subsequently selected to continue

providing air service under Order 2007 -3-18, Order 2009-3-3 and Order 2011-4-19.

6. Recent increases in operating costs in 2011 and 2012, have caused Great Lakes to incur

financial losses compared to the anticipated operating costs in the EAS awards.
Additionally, the trends in connecting capacity at Albuquerque International Sunport

suggest that Albuquerque would not offer incremental connecting capacity, with airlines

in which we have connection agreements, to generate enough future revenue to offset the

incremental operating costs which we are experiencing.

7. The effective date of this notice is June 4, 2012.

8. The effective date of this intended termination is September 3, 2012.

9. Objections, if any, to this Notice are due on June 24, 2012.

Respectfully Submitted,

¥~~

Michael Matthews

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

Cheyenne, Wyoming

June 4,2012
Certificate of Service

I hereby certify that I have served on June 4, 2012 by first class mail a copy of the foregoing 90-

day Notice of termination of scheduled service at Clovis, New Mexico and Silver

City/Hurley/Deming, New Mexico to each of the persons named on the attached service list.

Administrative Assistant

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.
Service List

The Honorable James R. Marshall

Mayor of Silver City

Post Office Box 1188

Silver City, New Mexico 88062

The Honorable David Lansford

Mayor of Clovis

Post Office Box 760

Clovis, New Mexico 88101

The Honorable Edward Encinas

Mayor of Hurley

101 Cortez Ave.

Hurley, New Mexico 88043

The Honorable Andres Z. Silva

Mayor of Deming

309 South Gold Avenue

Deming, New Mexico 88030

Mr. Larry Anderson

Airport Manager, Grant County Airport

188 Airport Road

Post Office Box 99

Hurley, New Mexico 88043

Mr. Gene Bieker

Airport Manager

Clovis Municipal Airport

Post Office Box 760

Clovis, New Mexico 88 10 1

Mr. Steve Summers, Director

New Mexico Department of Transportation, Aviation Division

Box 1149

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1 149

Mr. Dennis DeVany

Chief, EAS and Domestic Analysis

U.S. Department of Transportation

400 i

h

Street, SW

Washington, DC 20007

Dennis.DeVany0!dot. 'ov

(via electronic mail)