Order 2013-6-9

Served: June 10, 2013

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 10th day of June, 2013

Essential Air Service at

PAGE, ARIZONA

Under 49 U.S.C. 41731 et seq. 

DOCKET DOT-OST-1997-2694

 

ORDER APPROVING ALTERNATE SERVICE PATTERN

Summary

By this Order, the Department is approving the request of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (Great 

Lakes) to change part of its service pattern at Page, Arizona to include the option of serving

Los Angeles International Airport (Los Angeles) effective March 1, 2013, through 

April 30, 2013.

Background

By Order 2011-3-4, March 1, 2011, the Department re-selected Great Lakes to provide 

subsidized Essential Air Service (EAS) at Page for the two-year period through April 30, 2013. 

That Order established a subsidy rate of $1,559,206 for service consisting of the equivalent of

three round trips a day, with four round trips a day during the peak season and two round trips a 

day during the non-peak season. Service from Page is to Phoenix Sky Harbor International 

Airport (Phoenix), with an option that one round trip a day may be substituted to either Denver 

International Airport (Denver) or Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas).1 

Airline Proposal

The initial request by Great Lakes to accelerate the start date of its peak seasonal service to 

begin on March 10, 2013, failed to mention that the airline wanted to change the service pattern

at Page to include the option of service to Los Angeles effective March 1, 2013, which the 

airline subsequently requested.

 

1 As a result of the-then recent landslide that had closed a large section of a major highway in and out of Page, 

Great Lakes requested, with community support, to accelerate the start date of its peak seasonal service to begin on 

March 10, 2013, using 19-passenger Beechcraft aircraft with no change in annual subsidy. See Order 2013-3-6.
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Community Comments

The Honorable William Diak, Mayor of Page, submitted comments on May 20, 2013, stating 

that he concurred with Great Lakes’ request to include Los Angeles as a hub.

Decision

We will approve Great Lakes’ request, which meets the three conditions necessary for approval 

under authority assigned under 14 CFR Part 385.12(k)(3) of the Department’s Regulations: (1) 

the alternate service pattern is equal or greater than that determined to be essential; (2) the 

community does not object to the alternate service pattern; and (3) the alternate service pattern 

will not increase Great Lakes’ subsidy.

This Order is issued under authority delegated in 14 CFR Part 385.12k(3).

ACCORDINGLY,

1. We hereby approve the alternate service pattern requested by Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to 

serve Page, Arizona, from the hubs of Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas, and/or Los Angeles 

effective March 1, 2013, through April 30, 2013;

2. This docket will remain open until further order of the Department; and

3. The Department will serve a copy of this Order on the Mayor and Airport Manager of Page, 

and Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

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

Regulations, 14 CFR Part 385.31(a), must file such petitions within seven (7) 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)