1 Faulk, Scott (OST)

From: Faulk, Scott (OST) Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 8:12 AM To: 'mcifuentez@ci.visalia.ca.us'; 'thurstonformayor@gmail.com'; 'ashuklian@ci.visalia.ca.us'; 'snelsen@ci.vi salia.ca.us'; 'wgubler@ci.visalia.ca.us'; 'greg.collins@ci.visalia.ca.us'; 'Citycouncil@cityofmerced.org'; 'molmos@ci.visalia.ca.us'; 'Young, Janet'; Bramble, John; Wegley, Michael Cc: 'Great Lakes, Chuck Howell'; 'Great Lakes, Doug Voss'; Shawn Simpson ; Makani Kai, Richard Schuman ; 'SeaPort Airlines, EAS Mailbox'; 'Seaport/Wings of Alaska, Rob McKinney'; Tim Sieber; 'patkdashca@aol.com'; 'shannon@dashca.com'; Ron Hansen ; 'dave.berry@mokulelehawaii.com'; Schlemme r, Kevin (OST); Devany, Dennis (OST); 'Mike Matthews' Subject: Update on EAS at Merced and Visalia Attachments: Great Lakes.pdf; Boutique.pdf; Makani Kai at Merced.pdf; Makani Kai at Visalia.pdf; SeaPort.pdf; Mokulele.pdf

All,

At the request of both communities, the Department is extending the deadline for community comments regarding EAS proposals to serve Merced and Visa lia by 45 day. You may submit any comments you may have regarding the attached proposals as soon as possible, but no later than Monday, September 29 th . Please send your comments directly to me via e-mail at scott. faulk@dot.gov, and forward this to all relevant parties that I have not included on the distribution list.

Kind Regards, Scott Faulk Transportation Industry Analyst U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Aviation Analysis EAS & Domestic Analysis Division 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590 202-366-9721

From: Faulk, Scott (OST) Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 11:59 AM To: 'mcifuentez@ci.visalia.ca.us'; 'thurstonformayor@gmail.com' ; 'ashuklian@ci.visalia.ca.us'; 'snelsen@ci.visalia.ca.us'; 'wgubler@ci.visalia.ca.us'; 'greg.collins@ci.vis alia.ca.us'; 'Citycouncil@cityofmerced.org'; molmos@ci.visalia.ca.us ; 'Elliott, Ron' Cc: Great Lakes, Chuck Howell ( chowell@flygreatlakes.com ); Great Lakes, Doug Voss ( DVoss@flygreatlakes.com ); Shawn Simpson ; Makani Kai, Richard Schuman ; SeaPort Airlines, EAS Mailbox ( eas@seaportair.com ); Seaport/Wings of Alaska, Rob McKinney ( rob@seaportair.com ); Tim Sieber; 'Mike Matthews'; 'Shannon Kane'; patkdashca@aol.com ; shannon@dashca.com ; 'Mickey Bowman'; Ron Hansen; dave.berry@mokulelehawaii.com ; Schlemmer, Kevin (OST); Devany, Dennis (OST) Subject: Update on EAS at Merced and Visalia

Greetings All:2 I would like to update you on the Essentia l Air Service (EAS) situation at in Merced and Visalia, CA, as well as give you an opportunity to offer a ny comments on the record before we submit a recommendation to the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs. We issued Order 2014-5-9, on May 21, 2014, requesting proposals from airlines inte rested in providing EAS for a new term . In response to our request, five air carriers submitted proposals: Great Lakes Aviation, Boutique, Makani Kai Air, SeaPort, and Mokulele Airlines.

I have attached each air carrier’s proposal for your review and I expect them to be uploaded on www.regulations.gov sometime this afternoon. I reque st that you review the proposals and submit any comments you may have as soon as po ssible, but no late r than August 15 th . Please send your comments directly to me via e-mail at scott.faulk@dot.gov. Also, please forward this to all relevant partie s that I have not included on the distribution list.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Regards,

Scott Faulk Transportation Industry Analyst U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Aviation Analysis EAS & Domestic Analysis Division 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590 202-366-9967