Essential Air Service at: Glasgow, Montana Glendive, Montana

Havre, Montana Lewistown, Montana Miles City, Montana Sidney, Montana

Wolf Point, Montana Under49 U.S.C. §41731 

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Docket OST-1997-2605

NOTICE OF SILVER AIRWAYS INTENTTO TERMINATE SCHEDULED AIR SERVICE AT GLASGOW, GLENDIVE, HAVRE, LEWISTOWN, MILES CITY, SIDNEY •

AND WOLF POINT, MONTANA Correspondence with regard tothis documentshould be addressed to: Mickey Bowman Vice President of EAS & Network Planning Silver Airways 1100 Lee Wagener Blvd., Suite 201 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315 Telephone: 954-302-5929 Fax: 954-359-2776
Silver Airways respectfully serves notice upon the Department ofTransportation, in accordance with 14 C.F.R. § 323.3 and 14 C.F.R. § 323.4, of its intent to discontinue scheduled subsidized Essential Air Service between Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Lewistown, Miles City, Sidney, Wolf Point, Montana and Billings, Montana. Commensurate with the end ofsubsidy eligibility, Silver Airways will end service to Lewistown and Miles City on July 15, 2013. Further, Silver Airways hereby serves 90-day notice of its intent to discontinue service to the communities of Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Sidney and Wolf Point, Montana effective September 27, 2013.

Order 2011-1-27 awarded the Essential Air Service contract forthese Montana communities to Silver Airways for atwo year period. That contractterm expired on May 31, 2013. At present, Silver Airways is the sole provider ofcertificated scheduled air service atthese seven communities. Recently, the Department Issued aShow Cause order eliminating subsidized service totwo key communities, Lewistown and Miles City. This announcement by the Department, coupled with our current desire tofocus on flying in our more contiguous East Coast, Florida and Bahamas networks, has resulted in
our decision notto participate in the Department's current bidding process forthe remaining EAS cities.



### As a result, Silver Airways is hereby providing public notice ofits intenttoterminate scheduled air service withthe expiration ofthe90-day notice as required. Any objections to this Notice toTerminate Service must be filed within twenty(20) days from the date ofthis filing, in accordance with 14 C.F.R. §323.10.

SilverAirways will make all required notifications as outlined in 14 C.F.R. §323.7. Submitted: June 28, 2013

Mickey Bowman Vice President of EAS & Network Planning Silver Airways

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certifythat I havethis 281hday ofJune, 2013, served the foregoing Notice of lntE!nt to Terminate Service upon those persons listed below in accordance with 14 C.F.R. §323.4(a)(7).

Dennis DeVany Chief, EAS & Domestic Analysis United States Department of Transportation 400 Seventh Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590 (via E-mail) Mayor Dan Carney City ofGlasgow 319 3rd SStreet, Suite 3 Glasgow, MT59230 Fax- 406-228-2479 MayorJerryJimison City ofGlendive 300 S. Merrill Glendive, MT59330 Fax- 406-377-6873 MayorTim Solomon City of Havre 520 4th St Havre, MT59501 Fax- 406-262-9459

Kevin Myhre- City Manager City of Lewistown 305 W Watson St, Lewistown, MT 59457 Fax- 406-535-3323 Mayor Chris Grenz City of Miles City 17 South 8th St Miles City, MT 59301 Fax
- 406-234-2903 Mayor Bret Smelser City ofSidney 115 2nd St SE Sidney, MT 59270 Fax
- 406-433-4642 Mayor DewayneJager City ofWolf Point 2014th AvenueS. Wolf Point, MT 59201 Fax- 406-653-3240 

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