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E Transportatio n Washington , D C 2059 0 Offic e o f th e Secretary o f Transportatio n Jul y 26 , 201 0 Bruc e Harril l Cit y Administrato r City o f Waynesvill e 60 1 Histori c 6 6 W Waynesville , M O 6558 3 Dea r Mr . Harrill : I woul d lik e t o updat e you o n th e essentia l ai r servic e (EAS ) situatio n a t Jopli n an d For

t Leonard Wood , an d giv e yo u a

n opportunity t o submi t

any comment s o n th e recor d befor e w e submi t

a reconmiendatio n t o th e Assistan t Secretar y fo r Aviatio n an d Internationa l Affairs . I n respons e t o Grea t Lake s Aviation' s notic e o f inten t t o terminat e it s schedule d ai r servic e a t Jopli n an d For

t Leonard Wood , th e Departmen t issue d Order

2010-6-9 , Jun e 8 , 2010 , to solici t proposal s fro

m al l intereste d ai r

carrier s t o provid e EA S a t Jopli n and/o r

For t Leonar d Wood . I

n respons e t o that order , w e receive d proposal s fromfou r carriers : Alask aJunea

u Aeronautics , Inc . d/b/aSeaPor t Airline s (SeaPort) , Hyanni s Ai r Service , Inc . d/b/

aCap e Ai r

(Cap e Air) , Executiv e Airline s d/b/a American Eagl e Airline s (American Eagle) , and Multi-Aero , Inc . d/b/ aAi r Choic e On e (Ai r Choic e One) . Copie s o f th e proposal s ma

y b e accesse d onlin e throug h th e Federa l Docke t Management

Syste m (FDMS ) at : http://www.regulations.gov/ b y enterin g DOT-OST-2006-2393 2 fo r Jopli n o r DOT

OST-1996-116 7 for

For t Leonar d Woo d in th e "Ente r Keyword o r

ED " field. SeaPor t propose s t o serv e For

t Leonard Woo d wit

h tw o dail y nonsto p roun d trip s to St . Loui s (1 4 tota l per

week ) jin d tw o dail y nonsto p roun d trip s to Kansa s Cit y (1 4 total per

week) , utilizin g 9-passenge r

Pilam s PC-1 2 aircraft . It s firs t yea r subsid y reques t

i s $1,838,255 , and it s secon d yea

r subsidy reques t

i s $1,888,509 . Cap e Ai r ha s propose d servic e fro mFor t Leonard Woo d to St . Loui s usin g 9-passenger Cessn a 40 2 aircraft . I

t propose s t o operat e four

nonsto p roun d trip s eac h da y (2 8 total per week ) to St . Loui s fo r a n aimua l subsidy of

$1,478,102 . Dependin g o n th e community' s luggag e demand . Cap e Ai r propose s combinatio n passmge r and freighter

service . Th e freighte

r servic e woul d • onl y b e use d whe n required . A s a n example , i

f 70 % of departure s require d th e freighter service , i t woul d resul t

in a n additiona l $959,66 4 i

n aimua l subsidy .- 2 -

America n Eagl e propose s to operat e tw o dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (1 4 total pe r week) fro

m Jopli n t o Dallas/For

t Wort h International Airport , fo r a n aimua l subsidy rate of

$2,778,756 . American Eagl e propose s to operat e 66-passenge r ATR-7 2 aircraft' . Air Choic e On e ha s propose d servic e to Jopli n an d For t Leonar d Wood . I

t woul d operat e 9-passenge r

Cessn aCarava n aircraf

t t o St . Loui s unde r

all of it s proposals . Ther e ar

e tw o option s fo r Jopli n - fou

r nonsto p roun d trip s eac h weekda y an d weeken d (2 4 total per week) fo r a n annua l subsid y o f

$2,054,483 , o r

fiv e nonsto p roun d trip s eac h weekda y an d weeken d (3 0 tota l per week) , fo r a n annual subsidy of

$2,442,623 . Ther e ar

e thre e option s fo

r For t Leonar d Woo d - fou

r nonsto p roun d trip s eac h weekday an d weeken d (2 4 total per week) fo r a n annua l subsidy o f $1,704,203 , fiv e nonsto p roun d trip s eac h weekda y an d weeken d (3 0 total per week) , fo r a n armua l subsid y o f

$1,960,797 , o r

si x nonsto p roun d trip s eac h weekday an d weeken d (3 6 total per week) , fo r a n annual subsidy o f

2,263,853 . Th e schedule s tha

t th e carrier s hav e propose d ar e illustrativ e only , an d the y ma y make schedul e change s t o reflec t

changin g conditions , e.g. , t o bette r mee t shiftin g connectin g ban k

time s a t th e hub . Th e Departmen t

expect s subsidize d ai r

carrier s t o maintai n well-time d an d well-space d flights i n orde r t o ensur e ful

l compensation . W e reques t tha t yo u revie w eac h proposal and submi t an y comment s you ma

y hav e a s soo n a s possible , bu t

n o later than Augus t

9 , 2010 . W e wil l carefull y conside r your comment s befor

e w e submi t arecommendatio n t o th e Assistan t Secretar y fo r adecision . Letter s requestin g feedbac k hav e als o bee n sent

t o official s o f

bot h communities . Pleas e sen d your

comment s vi ae-mai l to : EAS@dot.go v o r b y fa x t o 202-366-7638 . I

f yo u hav e an y questions , pleas e feel fre e to contac t Kevi n Schlemme r

of m y staf f a t kevin.schlemmer@dot.go v o r 202-366-3176 . Sincerely , 

# Q, ^ 

# g . A ^ Denni s J . DeVan y Chief , Essential Ai r

Servic e Division , X-5 3 Offic e of Aviatio n Analysi s

cc : Jeffre y Hartz , American Eagl e Airline s Andre w Bormey , Hyanni s Ai r Service , Inc . d/b/aCap e Ai r Shan e Storz , Multi-Aero , Inc . d/b/aAi r Choic e On e Ro b McKinney , Alask aJunea u Aeronautics , Inc . d/b/aSeaPor t Airline s

' America n Eagl e request s to substitute , whe n needed , a44-passenge r

Embrae r 140 o r a50-passenge r

Embraer 14 5 aircraft , to b e reimburse d a t th e sam e subsidy rate .