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Glasgow, Montana Glendive, Montana Havre, Montana Lewistown, Montana Miles City, Montana Sidney, Montana Wolf Point, Montana Under 49 U.S.c. §41731 

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NOTICE OF SILVER AIRWAYS INTENT TO TERMINATE SCHEDULED AIR SERVICE AT GLASGOW, GLENDIVE, HAVRE, LEWISTOWN, MILES CITY, SIDNEY AND WOLF POINT, MONTANA Correspondence with regard to this document should be addressed to: Mickey Bowman Vice President of EAS& Network Planning Silver Airways 1100 LeeWagener Blvd., Suite 201 Ft. Lauderdale, FL33315 Telephone: 954-302-5929 Fax: 954-359-2776 Silver Airways respectfully serves notice upon the Department of Transportation, 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 of subsidy 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 for these Montana communities to Silver Airways for atwo year period. That contract term expired on May 31,2013. At present, Silver Airways isthe sale provider of certificated scheduled air service at these seven communities. Recently, the Department Issued aShow Cause order eliminating subsidized service to two key communities, Lewistown and Miles City. This announcement by the Department, coupled with our current desire to focus on flying in our more contiguous East Coast, Florida and Bahamas networks, has resulted in our decision not to participate in the Department's current bidding process for the remaining EAScities.

As a result, Silver Airways is hereby providing public notice of its intent to terminate scheduled air service with the expiration of the 90-day notice as required. Any objections to this Notice to Terminate Service must be filed within twenty(20) days from the date of this filing, in accordance with 14 C.F.R.§ 323.10.

Silver Airways will make all required notifications asoutlined in 14 C.F.R.§323.7. Submitted: June 28,2013

Mickey Bowman Vice President of EAS

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# zs" day of June, 2013, served the foregoing Notice of Intent to Terminate Service upon those persons listed below in accordance with 14 C.F.R. §323.4{al(7). Mayor Chris Grenz City of Miles City 17 South 8th St Miles City, MT 59301 Fax-406-234-2903 Dennis DeVany Chief, EAS& Domestic Analysis United States Department of Transportation 400 Seventh Street, S.W. Washington, D.C.20590 (via E-mail) Mayor Bret Smelser City of Sidney 115 2nd StSE Sidney, MT 59270 Fax- 406-433-4642 Mayor Dan Carney City of Glasgow 319 3rd SStreet, Suite 3 Glasgow, MT 59230 Fax-406-228-2479 Mayor Dewayne Jager City of Wolf Point 201 4th Avenue S. Wolf Point, MT 59201 Fax- 406-653-3240 Mayor Jerry Jimison City of Glendive 300 S. Merrill Glendive, MT 59330 Fax-406-377-6873 Mayor Tim Solomon City of Havre 520 4th St Havre, MT 59501 Fax-406-262-9459

Kevin Myhre - City Manager City of Lewistown 305 W Watson 

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