BEFORE THE

. .-, 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 follo w ing 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 O f ficer Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. ] 022 Airport Parkway Cheyenne , WY 82001 Telephone: Fax : (307) 432 7000

(307) 432 7001At 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 histori cal 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 securityprogram 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,

~~~ MIchael Matthews Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. Cheyenne, Wyoming December 10, 2013Certificate 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 servi c e at Clovis , New Mexico to each of I t n~ persons named on t attached service list. I \ ~ 

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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 TRANSPORTATIO N

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 Dep artment of Transportation ' s , Regulations (14 C.F.R. part 323), Great Lakes Avi ation, Ltd. hereby serves its notice of intent to terminate scheduled air s ervice to Clo vi s, New Mexico and Silver City/Hurley lDeming , 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) 43 2 7000

(307) 432 7001At the time of the filing of this notice , Great Lake s Avi ation , Ltd
. operating a s Great Lake s Airline s provides s ervic e at Clo vis , New M exico and Silv er C ity/Hurley/Deming , New Mexico
. Gre at Lakes ' schedul e s are operated uti li zing it s o w n ZK tw o-letter co de
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. Great Lake ' s s ervice at C lo vis , New Mexico and S i lv er City/Hurl ey/D eming, New M exico each consi s t of tw o daily ( we ekday s ) n o n s top round trips to Albuquerque Intern ati onal Sunp ort , Albuqu erque , New M exic o. All flights utili ze 19- s eat B e e chcraft 1900D aircraft. 3
. Great L akes Airline s currently provides the only s che duled pa ss eng er air servic e at b oth c ommuniti e s . 4. The Great L akes 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 BE 1 7 7 3 04 CVN 1553 ABO 1 653 BE 1 X67 7308 ABO 1355 CVN 1455 BE1 6 7304 ABO 1443 CVN 1543 BE1 X6 7 7308 ABO 1950 CVN 2 050 BE1 X6 Silver City/HurleylDeming ~It No
. From Departure To Arrival £ill!l Q Frequenc y 7303 SVC 815 ABO 9 0 5 BE 1 X67 7303 SVC 1 1 3 0 ABO 1220 BE1 6 7 3 07 SVC 1840 ABO 1930 BE1 X6 7302 ABO 715 SVC 805 BE1 X67 7 3 0 2 ABO 1030 SVC 1 120 BE1 6 7 3 06 ABO 174 0 SVC 1 8 30 BE 1 X 6
All flights operate non-stop . All s che dul e times li s ted are in local time ef fe cti v e June 4 , 2 01 2
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. On or about April 30,2 0 0 5 , Gre at Lakes commenc ed s cheduled air servi ce Clovis and Silver City/Hurley/Deming to Albuquerque as provided under the Essential Air Service Pro gram per Order 2 004-1 2

- 2 1. Great L akes w a s s ubsequ ently s el e cted to c o ntinu e provi ding air s ervice under Order 2 007 -3-18 , Order 200 9- 3

- 3 and Order 2 011- 4 -1 9.
6
. Recent increases in operating co s ts in 2011 and 2012 , have caus e d Great Lakes to incur fin ancial losse s comp ared to the anticipated op erating costs in the EAS aw ard s .Additionally, the trends in connecting capacity at Albuquerque International Sunport su g gest that Albuquerque would not offer incremental connecting capacity, with airlines 

### in which we hav e connection agreements , to generate enough future revenu e to offset the incremental operating costs which we are experiencing
. 7. The effective date of this notice is June 4, 2012. 8. The effecti v e date of this intended termination is September 3 , 2012. 9. Objections , if any, to this Notice are due on June 24, 2012.
Respectfully Submitted , 

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Michael Matthews Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Great Lakes Aviation , Ltd
. Cheyenne, Wyoming June 4 , 2012Certificate of Service

I hereby certif

y that I hav e served on June 4 , 2012 b y fir s t c lass mail a c op y of the fore g oing 90- day Notice of termination of scheduled servi ce at Clovis , New Mexico and Silv er City/Hurley/Deming , New Mexi c o to each of the persons named on the attached service li s t.

Administrative Assistant Great Lake s 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 Clo vis , New Mexico 88101 The Honorable Edward Encinas May or of Hurley 101 Cortez Ave
. Hurley , New Mexico 88043 The Honorable Andres Z. Silva May or of Deming 309 South Gold Av enue 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 Clo vis , 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 De V any Chief, EAS and Domestic Analysis U.S
. Department of Tran s portation 400 

### i h Stre et , S W Washington , DC 20007 Dennis
. DeVany0 ! dot. 'ov (via electronic mail)