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From: Keith Mayo < keithmayo@charter.net> 

Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 1:07 PM .. ~ 

To: Rhinelander Oneida County Airport; Devany, Dennis (OST); Swanson, Brl~n (OST}; 

jbrauer@newnorth.net , .. · · ~ -

Subject: Re: Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport- Essential Air Service 

Importance: High 

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Dear Mr. Brauer, Ms. Williamson, Mr. Devany, and Mr. Swanson, __ 

With reference to the memo shown below, I would like to state my preference as to which 

airline should be selected to serve the Rhinelander Oneida County (WI) Airport. I hope that 

SkyWest Airlines is selected. It is a well established airline which is offering flight service to 

the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport via 50 passenger Canadair Regional jets. The Minneapolis/St. 

Paul airport is an excellent easy-to-navigate airport for the travelling public. I much prefer it to 

Chicago O'Hare (which is bigger and more difficult to navigate). The 19-seat turbo-prop 

aircraft proposed by Great Lakes would be a serious limitation in service (also turbo-props are 

much more noisy for those aboard than Canadair Regional jets). SkyWest's plan of two flights 

per day for up to 50 passengers on each flight would probably be sufficient. 

Thank you for considering my opinion. 

Sincerely yours, 

Keith Mayo 

3328 Edwards Ave. 

Rhinelander WI 54501 

(phone: 715-369-3713) 

----- Original Message -----

From: Rhinelander Oneida County Airport 

To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; 

Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:40 AM 

Subject: Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport - Essential Air Service Update 

. I would like to update you on the Essential Air Service (EAS) for the Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport (RHI). The 

bids for the Airport's EAS have been received by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). 

RHI was fortunate to have three airline bids for the EAS. They are briefly summarized below, but a more detailed 

document is attached. 

The three EAS bids: 

SkyWest Airlines, operating with a Delta Air Lines code-share on a Canadair Regional Jet 200 (CRJ). This is a 50 seat 

jet aircraft with two non-stop flights a day to Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP). 

Great Lakes Airlines submitted non-stop service utilizing 19-passenger Beech 1900D aircraft and interline e-ticketing 

and baggage agreements with American, Delta, Frontier, United, and US Airways operating three flights daily to MSP. 

Sovereign Air Inc. submitted a proposal for service with no code share to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, but 

they have not obtained the required operating authority from either the Federal Aviation Administration or the 

Department. 

If you wish to submit any comments to the U.S. Department of Transportation for their review prior to the award of the 

contract to one of the above airlines, the attached document provides details on doing so. 

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Frontier Airlines will continue to provide service as required by the DOT until the new airline is up and operating in our 

market. While we do not have an exact date on this transition, we anticipate that the new airline that is awarded the 

contract wtt1 probably not be in our market until sometime between November and January. The DOT requires Frontier 

Airlines reservations that occur after the new airline comes in, to be re-accommodated on the new airline and/or refund of 

ticket. 

Thank you for your interest and continued support of the Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport. 

Sherrie Williamson 

Assistant Director 

Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport 

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