U.S.Departmentof Transportation Officeofthe Secretary ofTransportation

. Authorizing EAS Payments for Cancelled Flights Subject: Resulting from Airport Closures

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# Memorandum

Date: December 18,2012
Reply to A.J. Muldoon, X-53 Attn. of: X-61058

On September 22, 2012, Chadron Municipal Airport (Chadron, NE) closedto airtraffic for nine days in orderto perform airfield construction, reopening to airtraffic on October 1, 2012. Additionally, Grand CountyAirport (Moab, UT) was closed to air traffic on October 4, 2012 as a result ofa lack ofAircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) staff Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (Great Lakes) provides subsidizedEssential Air Service at both ofthese communities. As a result ofthese closures, their regularly scheduled subsidizedflights could not be operated. Ithas been ourpolicy, on a case-by-case basis, to pay a subsidized carrier its usual subsidy rate when airports have been closed on the grounds thatthe circumstances are beyond the carrier's control and it would realize only minimal cost savings while losing all revenue. (E.g. the carrier would save onfuel and a portion ofmaintenance, but would be unable to return aircraft to lessors or lay offpersonnel.) Consistentwiththatprecedent, we request that you compensate Great Lakes for flights that could notbe operated at the following airports and dates:

• Chadron, NE (CDR)- September 22, 2012, through September 30, 2012 • Moab, UT (CNY)- October4, 2012
Attachments Cc: Great Lakes

### Muldoon, Albert (OST) ·Subject: CDR Airport closure dates

From: Chadron Manager [mailto:cdrmgr@flygreatlakes.com] 

### Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 2:11PM To: 'Larry Graff' Subject: FW: [PossibleSpam] Airport closure dates Hello Larry, If you need any more from Milo please let me know.



### MarkR Jensen Station Manager 90 Airport Rd. Chadron, NE 69337 308.432.5717 

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From: Milo Rust [mailto:publicworks@chadron-nebraska.com] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 1:55 PM To: Mark Jensen Subject: [PossibleSpam] Airport closure dates Mark Jensen The City of Chadron Municipal Airport was close for construction on all runways for Nine days. This full closure ofthe Airport started September 22, 2012 to September 30, 2012. We reopened the airport for traffic on October 1, 2012. A copy ofthe email out lining the closures and times lines were sent to Mr Heying for your company by email on September 7, 2012 from Curtis Christianson of Olsson and Associates. Ifyou need any other information please let me know.
Milo Rust Public Works Director City of Chadron 308-432-0505

1Muldoon, Albert (OST) Subject: Moab
From: Kelly L Braun [mailto:kbraun@grandcountyutah.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 9:06 AM To: jirish@flygreatlakes.com Subject: October 4th Justin, Hello. 'Please accept this email as notification that on October4th, 2012 there was no ARFF available at CNY. In May I contacted Eddie in dispatch to make sure that flights 7177/7176 were canceled for October4th, 2012, because the entire ARFF staffwould be attending their annual live fire training in SLC. We chose the October date specifically because there were no passengers listed for those flights. Ifyou have any other questions please contact me. Thank you, KELLY BRAUN Grand CountyAirport Manager 12B E. Center St. J\l.oab UT 84B3Z (435)**2B9-484~J** office (435)**25~1-4860** fax (720) 297-0896 cell
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