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### UNITE D STATE S O FAMERIC A DEPARTMEN T O FTRANSPORTATIO N OFFIC EO FTH ESECRETAR Y WASHINGTON , D.C
. Issue db y th e Departmen t o f Transportatio n o nth e 17'*'o f

June , 201 1
INTRA-ALASKA MAINLINE SERVIC EMAI LRATE S Docke t OST-2003-1469 5

Mainlin e Quarterl y Fue l Adjustmen t Summar y B y thi s order , th e Departmen t i s makin g it s regular

quarterl y adjustment s t o Intra-Alask a Mainlin e mai l rate s t o reflec t th e mos t recen t quarterl y fuel costs . Th e ne w rate s ar e t o b e effectiv e o n Jul y 2,2011 , an dreflec t fuel expense s for

th e quarte r

ende dMarc h31,2011
. Backgroun d Orde r 2010-8- 7 tentativel y establishe dfinal annual Intra-Alask amainlin e mai l rates . After receivin g n o objections
. Orde r 2010-9- 7 finalize dthos e annual rates , an dals o update dth e annual rate s i n th e show-caus e orde r t o reflec t fuel expense s fo r

th e quarte r

ende dJun e 30 , 2010 , th e mos t

recen t fue l expense s availabl e a t that time
. W e hav e indicate dthat w e wil l continu e t o mak e regular

quarterl y fuel updates , an dOrde r 2011-3-35 mad e th e mos t recen t adjustment
. Thi s orde r

update s th e rate s i n Orde r 2011-3-3 5 t o reflec t

fuel cost s for

th e quarte r

ende d Marc h31,2011 , th e mos t recen t dat aavailable
. Th e nex t quarterl y fuel update , base do n dat afo r th e quarte r

ende dJun e 30 , 2011 , wil l b e effectiv e o no r abou t Octobe r 1 , 2011
. Weighte daverage fuel cost s pe r AT M hav e increase dfro m$0.41374 2 for th e Q E12-31-1 0 t o $0.47158 7 for

th e Q E3-31-11 , a s show ni nAppendi x C , whic hproduce s th e 4.4 7 pe r cen t increas e i n linehaul
. Ther e i s n o chang e t o th e termina l rates , bu t w e hav e include di t for convenience
. Paymen t Paramete r Linehaul , $/RT M Linehaul , $/RT M Terminal , $/Lb
. Enplane d Terminal , $/Lb
. enplane d Servic e Clas s Priority Nonpriority Priority Nonpriority Curren t Rate s Orde r 2011-3-3 5 $3.319 1 $2.009 4 $0.361 7 $0.310 8 Updat e for

O E3-31-1 1 $3.467 4 $2.099 2 $0.361 7 $0.310 8 Percentag e

Chane e 4.47 % 4.47 % 0.00 % 0.00 % 

### Othe r Matter s Northern Ai r

Carg o ha s informall y advise du s that i t wil l b e increasin g th e amoun t of flyin g i t doe s outside Alaska
. Ou r goa l i s t o reflec t

a s accuratel y a s possibl e th e change s i nfue l cost s fo r Intra-Alask aoperations , an dth e carriers ' dat asubmitte dt o th e Department' s Bureau of Transportatio n Statistic s o nSchedul e P1 2 o f th e For m4 1 wil l bette r

allo w u s t o

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d o that
. W e therefor e announc e ou r intentio nt o rely , wher e practicable , o nSchedul e PI2 , Intra-Alask aexpense s an dcorrespondin g Intra-Alask agallons , for determinin g fuel expense s i nth e nex t

update
. W e hav e historicall y use dNorthernAi r Cargo' s Schedul e P5 , fuel expense s for

thei r entir e domesti c operations , becaus e o f thei r limite damoimt

o f operation s outsid e Alaska
. Also , Schedul e P1 2 doe s not break ou t fuel expense s b y aircraf

t type , an dmai l rate s ar e calculate do nth e basi s of aircraf t typ e b y carrier
. ACCORDINGLY , 1
. W e mak e final th e rate s se t fort hi nAppendi x A , effectiv e Jul y 2 , 2011 , unti l further Departmen t

action ; 2
. Thi s docke t

shal l remai n ope n unti l further orde r o f th e Department ; an d 3
. W e wil l serv e thi s orde r upo n al l partie s o nth e Servic e Lis t for thi s Docket
. Person s entitle dt o petitio n th e Departmen t for revie w o f

thi s orde r

unde r th e Department' s Regulations , 1 4 CFR385.30 , mus t fil e suc hpetition s withi nte n(ten ) day s afte r th e dat e o f servic e of thi s order
. Th e filin g o f

apetitio nfor

revie w shal l no t

stay it s effectiveness
. By :

TOD D M
. HOMA N Directo r Offic e o f Aviatio nAnalysi s (SEAL ) A nelectroni c versio n o f

thi s documen t

i s availabl e o nth e Worl dWid e We b at http : / / www.regulations.go vAppendi x A INTRA-ALASK

A MAINLIN

ECLAS S SERVIC

EMAI LRATE S

(1 ) (2 ) (3 ) (4 ) (5 )

Priority Non-priority Bas e Yea r Rate s 1 /

$1.196 9 $0.724 6 Adjustment

Factor s 2 / Final Rate s 3 /

Curren t

Rate 4 /
Linehau l Charg e per

Billin g Ton-Mil e

189.70 % $3.467 4 $3.319 1 189.70 % $2.099 2 $2.009 4 Chang e from Curren t Rat e 5 /

4.47 % 4.47 %

Termina l Charge pe

r Poun dOriginated

Priorit y Non-priorit

y $0.169 7

$0.145 8 113.16 %

113.16 % $.361 7

$.310 8 $.361 7

$.310 8 0.00 %

0.00 % 1/Pe r Orde r 82-11-23
. 2 / Se e Appendi x B o f thi s order
. Unlik

e th e linehau l charge , th

e termina l charge wil

l no t change fro mquarte r t o quarte r wit hth e quarterl y fue l updates
. 3 / Colum n (1 ) increasedb

y Colum n (2)
. 4/Pe r Orde r 2011-3-35
. 5 / An y difference s betwee

n priorit y an dnonpriorit

y elements ar

e due t o rounding
.Appendi x B

INTRA-ALASKA MAINLINECLAS S SERVIC EMAI LRATE S COS T ADJUSTMEN T FACTOR S

Bas e Yea r Ende d 9/30/8 0
Uni t Cos t per Availabl e Ton-Mil e Fue l Nonfue l Tota l $0.39946 9 1 / Curren t Cost ?
$0.4647 6 2 / $0.6429 9 3 / $1.1077 5 Ne w Cost s
$0.5142 9 7 / $0.6429 9 8 / $1.1572 8
Percentag e Chang e fromBas e Yea r 177.31 % 4 / 189.70 % 9 /
Uni t Cos t per To n Enplane d$191.5 4 1 / Percentag e Chang e fromBas e Yea r $408.2 9 5 / 113.16 % 6/ $408.2 9 10 / 113.16 % 11 /

1 / Orde r 82-11-23 , update dmos t

recentl y in Orde r

97-12-24
. 2 / Appendi x C o f

Orde r 2011-3-35
. 3 / Appendi x B of

Orde r 2011-3-35
. 4 / Appendi x A o f

Orde r 2011-3-35
. 5 / Appendi x B o f

Orde r 2011-3-35
. 6/($408.29/ $ 191.54)-1
. I I Appendi x C 8/Appendi x B of

Orde r 2011-3-35
. 9/($1.15728/$0.399469)-l
. 10 / Appendi x B o f

Orde r 2011-3-35
. ll/($408.29/$191.54)-l
.Appendi x C

Intra-Alask aMainlin e Mai l Cost s - Quarte r Ende dDecembe r

31 , 2010 , pe r

Orde r 2010-12-1 1

Fue l 1 / Intra-A K Skd
. BIk
. Hrs
. Total Bloc k

Hour s Gran d Tota l $51,187,62 3 9,55 0 26,06 6 Alask a

Airline s A S #61 7 737-40 0 $42,767,69 1 6,32 1 21,88 7 Lynde n

Ai r LA C #55 6 Hercule s $1,211,56 8 40 2 50 4 Northern Ai r Carg o NA C #62 0 B-737-20 0 $3,932,47 8 1,05 6 1,58 3 Evert s Ai r

-—EA C #21 8 DC- 6 $3,152,74 9 1,545 1.85 2 Carg o

#46 1 Brasili a $123,13 7 22 6 240 Intra-A K Fue l Expens e Intra-A K Skd
. ATM s Uni t Cost/ATM , Fue l $18,687,13 6 $12,351,37 6 $966,37 0 $2,623,30 8 $2,630,12 8 $115,95 4 45,166,16 5 32,512,47 8 $0.41374 2 $0.37989 6 2.593.24 9 5.297,04 2 4,566,83 2 196,56 4 $0.37264 8 $0.49524 0 $0.57592 0 $0.58990 5 Intra-A K Mai l RTM s RT M Percen t

o f Tota l Wtd
. Cost/ATM , Fue l 5,567,71 9 100.00 % $0.4647 6 1.727,28 8

31.023 % $0.1178 6 936.67 7

16.823 % $0.0626 9

Fue l 1/ 1.128,77 2 1,690,95 4 84,02 8 20.274 % 30.371 % 1.509 % $0.1004 0 $0.1749 1 $0.0089 0 Intra-Alask aMainlin e Mai l Cost s ~ Quarte r Ende dMarc h31 , 201 1 Alask a Airline s A S Lynde nNorthern

Ai r Ai r Carg o Evert s Ai r

Carg o LA C NA C EAC— Gran d#61 7 #55 6 #62 0 #21 8 #46 1 Tota l 737-40 0 Hercule s B-737-20 0 DC- 6 Brasili a $53,247,91 6 $45,603,00 0 $1,127,18 1 $3,560,95 6 $2,813,03 9 $143,74 0 Intra-A K Skd
. Blk
. Hrs
. Total Bloc k

Hour s 9,23 5 23,51 4 6,07 7

19,99 1 37 5

45 4 1,18 9

1,27 5 1,35 4

1,53 9 24 0

25 5 Intra-A K Fue l Expens e Intra-A K Skd
. ATM s Uni t Cost/ATM , Fue l $20,724,69 2 $13,862,71 0 $931,04 2 $3,320,76 6 $2,474,88 9 $135,28 5 43,946,66 5 31,328,06 9 $0.47158 7 $0.44250 1 2,435.56 4 5,933.48 1 4.046.04 2 203,50 9 $0.38227 0 $0.55966 6 $0.61168 1 $0.66476 2 Intra-A K Mai l RTM s RT M Percen t

o f Tota l Wtd
. Cost/ATM
. Fue l 5.435.59 4 100.00 % $0.5142 9 1.521.22 5

27.986 % $0.1238 4 887,27 2

16.323 % $0.0624 0 1,402,28 2 1,540,35 6 84,45 9

25.798 % 28.338 % 1.554 % $0.1443 8 $0.1733 4 $0.0103 3 Note : Dat afo r Alaska , NAC , an dEA C ar e fro mth e T-10 0 Segmen t an dForm4 1 reports . Dat afo r Lynde n ar e fromspecial report s file db y th e carrier
. Alaska' s fuel expens e i s fo r it s domesti c regio n only , i.e. , i t exclude s it s Lati nAmerican division
.