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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.visalia.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'; Schlemmer, 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 Visalia 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 29th. 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.visalia.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: 
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I would like to update you on the Essential Air Service (EAS) situation at in Merced and Visalia, CA, as well as 

give you an opportunity to offer any 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 interested 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 request that you review the proposals and submit any 

comments you may have as soon as possible, but no later than August 15th. Please send your comments directly 

to me via e-mail at scott.faulk@dot.gov. Also, please forward this to all relevant parties 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