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IJ.S . Departmen t o f 120 0 Ne w Jerse y Avenue . S E Transportatio n Washington . D C 2059 0 Offic e o f th e Secretar

y Jul y 28 , 201 0 o f Transportatio n
Joh n Guimon d Airpor t Manage r August aStat e Airpor

t 7 5 Airpor t Road Augusta , M E 0433 0 Dea r Mr . Guimond : I woul d lik e t o update you o n th e essentia l ai r servic e (EAS ) situatio n a t August aState Airport , Hancoc k

Count y Ba r Harbo r Aiiport , an

d Kno x County Regional Airpor t a t Rockland , an d giv e yo

u a n opportunity t o offe

r any comment s o n th e recor d before w e submi t arecommendatio n t o th e Assistan t Secretar y fo r Aviatio n an d hiternationa l Affairs . Th e curren t

EA S contrac t

a t your communit

y expire s Octobe r

31 , 2010 , and i

n anticipatio n of

that , w e issue d Orde r

2010-6-22 , Jun e 24 , 2010 , solicitin g proposal s fro m carrier s intereste d i n providin g subsidize d EA S fo r anew , two-yea

r period , beginnin g November

1 , 2010 . I

n respons e t o our

request , tw o earner s responded : Hyanni s Ai r Service , Inc. , operatin g a s Cap e Ai r (Cap e Air), an d Colgan Ai r Inc. , operatin g a s U S Airway s Expres s (Colgan Air) . Yo u shoul d hav e receive d acop y of th e proposal s fromeac h carrier , an d the y ca n b e accesse d a

t www.regulations.go v b y enterin g th e number DOT-OST-1997-278 4 i

n th e searc h block . A s aresult , w e wil l onl y briefly summariz e the mhere . Cap e Ai r ha s propose d on e servic e optio n fo r Augusta/Watervill e an d Rockland , eac h optio n t o b e considere d o n astand-alon e basis . Servic e to both communitie s woul d b e fromBosto n Logan International Airpor t (Boston ) usin g 9-sea

t Cessn a40 2 aircraft . A

t AugustaAVaterville , Cap e Ai r propose s fou

r dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 8 aweek) fro m Jun e throug h September , an d thre e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (21 aweek) fromOctober throug h May , for

a n annual subsid y o f

$1,402,04 6 fo

r atwo-yea

r selectio n contract , o r $1,362,61 6 fo

r afour-yea

r selectio n contract . Servic e t o Rocklan d woul d b e fiv e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s i n Jul y an d Augus t (3 5 aweek) , four

dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 8 a week) in Jun e an d September , an d thre e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (21 aweek) from October throug h May , fo

r a n annual subsidy o f

$1,461,65 1 fo

r atwo-yea

r selectio n contract , or

a n annual subsid y of

$1,420,54 5 fo

r afour-yea

r selectio n contract . Colga n Ai r ha s propose d tw o options , bot h servin g Bosto n usin g 34-sea t Saa b 34 0 aircraft . Optio n 1 woul d provid e thre e roun d trip s eac h weekday and tw o eac h weeken d wit h ami x o f nonstop s an d one-sto p servic e ove r a n Augusta/Waterville-Ba

r Harbor

Bosto n routing , o r

Ba r Harbor-AugustaAVaterville-Bosto n routin g fo r a n amiua l subsidy- 2 -

o f $4,439,041 . Optio n 2 woul d serv e Ba r Harbo r only , wit h tw o dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (1 4 aweek) to Bosto n fo r a n annual subsidy of

$2,298,533 . Th e schedule s tha

t th e carrier s hav e propose d are illustrativ e onl y an d the y ma y make schedul e change s t o reflec t changin g conditions , e.g. , to bette r mee t shiftin g connectin g ban k time s a t th e hub . However , th e Departmen t doe s expec t

asubsidize d ai r

can'ier t o maintai n well-time d an d well-space d flight s in orde r t o ensur e full compensation . W e reques t

tha t yo u revie w th e proposal s and submi t an y comment s you ma

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

n o late r than Augus t

25 . W e wil l caiefull y conside r you r comment s befor e w e submi t

arecommendatio n t o th e Assistan t Secretary for

adecision . Letter s requestin g feedbac k

hav e als o bee n sent

t o th e communit

y leader s o f

th e othe r thre e citie s a s well . 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 you hav e an

y questions , pleas e feel fre e t o contac t Michae l Marti n o f

m y staf f a t michael.f.martin@dot.go v o r 202-366-6494 . Sincerely , 

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W Denni s J . De^^^y , Chie f

/ Essentia l Ai r

Servic e Divisio n Offic e o f Aviatio n Analysi s / cc : Andre w Bonney , Hyanni s Ai r Service , Inc . Dou g Shockley , Colgan Air , Inc .