## BEFORE THE**~·•·** 

## U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION' OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY**WASHINGTO~,,.** 

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## 3 tr)· j t' i•L' • , .**~** ....,; July 9, 2012 Essential Air Service RAMPART, ALASKA Docket DOT-OST

### -2008-0201 Under 49 U.S.C. 41731 et seq.


### Proposal to ProvideEssential Air Service at Rampart, Alaska DOT-OST-2008- 0201

Tatonduk Outfitters Limited (dba Everts Air Alaska) is hereby submitting this proposal to provide scheduled weekly EssentialAir Service (EAS) to Rampart, Alaska from Fairbanks for the contract period beginning October 1, 2012. Everts Air Alaska looks forward to serving and providing direct nonstop scheduled air service to the community ofRampart. The flight distance to Rampart from Fairbanks is 82 nautical miles and the average round trip flight time is 1.2 hours per flight or 124.8 hours per year. Everts Air Alaska's proposal is to t1y 2 scheduled nonstop flights each week and 104 flights per year during this contractperiod. This direct nonstop service will be a Fairbanks-Rampart-Fairbanks flight only. Scheduled service will be flown in a Pilatus PC-12, a Cessna Caravan or a PiperLance. The Pilatus and the Caravan are capable oftransporting between 2000-2400 pounds ofmail, freight and/or 9 passengers per flight with the PiperLance moving 850-950 pounds ofmail, freight and/or 5 passengers on each flight. Please visit Everts Air Alaska's web site at www.evertsair.com to examinePilatus, Caravan, and Lance aircraft specific information and photos. (Select 'Aircraft' in the headerpart ofthe page and scroll down to find the Pilatus, Caravan, and Lance information.) Currently there is no public road transportation orbus service into the village ofRampart -unlike nearby communityneighbors living inMinto and Manley Hot Springs. The 3500 foot runway does not possess a FAA certified instrument approach. The Pilatus and Caravanare both certified for IFR flight (instrument flight rules) and can depart Fairbanks when the weather is inclement and land at Rampart in VFR conditions. Being able to utilize this IFR aircraft option will allow flights out ofFairbanks in reduced weather conditions and thus notinterrupt the t1ight schedulewhenthe weather in Rampart is VFR. Whent1ying passengers, the PiperLance will be limited to VFR conditions only.Proposed Schedule

• 2 flights per we.ek and 104 flights per year • Depending on community demand, flights will be either a Monday/Tuesday and a Thursday/Friday weekly schedule • 30flights per year in the Pilatus or the Caravan • 74 flights per year in the PiperLance • Fairbanks departure at lO:OOam arrive Rampart at 10:30am • Rampart departure at 10:40am arrive Fairbanks at ll:lOam ·
Projected Revenue Projected revenue has been calculatedusing analysis ofvarious data including DOT numbers, speaking with community members, and internal companynumbers. Our calculated trend numbers suggests a flattening outfor passenger travel and maybe a small drop in mail and freight weights. EAA plans to reduce the current freight rate and ticket pricehoping that the decrease will influence more freight shipments and passengertravel. For this reason, we use the following numbers for projected traffic.

FAIRBANKS-RAMPART-FAIRBANKS



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## • • 285 projected FAI-RMP-FAIpassengers per year Passengerfares per$95.00 one-way ticket Minus the Federal TransportationTax Projected FAI-RMP-FAI mail per year 14,000 pounds Currentbush mail rate@ $.8957319 

### x 14,000 lbs ProjectedFAI-RMP-FAI freight per year 8000 pounds Freightrate @$.60 cents a pound x 8000 lbs $27,075.00 -$2030.63 $12,540.47

$4800.00 Projected Revenue per year for passengers, mail, & freight: $42,384.84HourlyPilatus/Caravan Operating Costs

Pilot Aircraft Fuel & Oil Other Maintenance Total Direct Indirect expenses
Total Expenses:
HourlyPiperLance Operating Costs

Pilot Aircraft Fuel & Oil Other Maintenance Total Direct Indirect expenses
Total Expenses: SubsidyRequest**~** Total Annual Operating Costs**~** ProfitElement @ 10%**~** Total EconomicCost Projected Revenue PerHour

$85.00 $229.50 $205.57 $433.42 $953.49 $171.73
$1125.22

Per Hour

$66.38 $72.05 $71.27 $196.17 $405.87

$44.71
$450.58

Yearly Subsidy required at 100% completion Extended Costs 12 months block 36.0 hours $3060.00 $8262.00 $7400.52 $15,603.12 $34,325.64 $6182.28 $40,507.92

Extended Costs

12 months block 88.8 hours**$~894.55** $6398.04 $6328.78 $17,419.90 $36,041.27

$3970.25 $40,011.52

$80,519.44

$8051.95 $88,571.39 $42,384.84 

### $46,186.55Requested Subsidyfor 2 year contract period: 

### $92,373.10

Everts Air Alaska certifies that operations are conducted in compliance with Department regulations regarding drug-free workplaces, nondiscrimination and all regulations governing lobbying activities. Everts Air Alaska will present official documents verifying conformity on request. Sincerely,
Tatonduk Outfitters Limited dbaEvertsAir Alaska 5525 Airport Industrial Rd. Fairbanks, AK 99709 Ken**L~ary** Director ofOperations Everts Air Alaska kleary@evertsair.com 907-450-2353