BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Essential Air Service at:

Glasgow, Montana

Glendive, Montana

Havre, Montana

Lewistown, Montana

Miles City, Montana

Sidney, Montana

Wolf Point, Montana

Under 49 U.S.c. §41731 et seq.

Docket OST-1997-2605

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 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 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 a two year

period. That contract term expired on May 31,2013. At present, Silver Airways is the sale provider of certificated

scheduled air service at these seven communities. Recently, the Department Issued a Show 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 as outlined in 14 C.F.R. §323.7.

Submitted: June 28,2013

Mickey Bowman

Vice President of EAS& Network Planning

Silver Airways

CERTIFICATEOF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have this 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 St SE

Sidney, MT 59270

Fax - 406-433-4642

Mayor Dan Carney

City of Glasgow

319 3rd S Street, 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 sr,

Lewistown, MT 59457

Fax - 406-535-3323