Order 2013

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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 10 th day of June, 2013

Essential Air Service at

PAGE , ARIZONA

Under 49 U.S.C. 41731 et seq

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### ORDER APPROVING ALTERNATE SERVICE PATTERN

Summary

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

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

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

April 30, 2013.

Background

By Order 2011

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- selected Gr eat Lakes to provide

subsidized Essential Air Service (EAS) at Page for the two

- year period through April 30, 2013.

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

three roun d 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 S ky Harbor International

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

International Airp ort (Denver) or Las Vega s McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas)

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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 An geles effective March 1, 2013, which the

airline subsequently requested.

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- 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

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Community Comments

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

that he conc urred 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 Regu l at ions: (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’ s ubsidy.

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 Grea t 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 ;

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

3. The Department will serve a copy of this O rder on the Mayor and Airport M anager of Page

, and Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

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

Regulations, 14 CFR Part 385.31 (a) , mus t file such petitions within seven (7 ) days aft er the

date of service of this O rder.

This O rder 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)