BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ Essential Air Service at: ) ) Beckley, West Virginia ) DOT-OST-1997-2761 ) Under 49 U.S.C. § 41731 et seq. )

NOTICE OF INTENT OF SILVER AIRWAYS CORP. TO TERMINATE SCHEDULED AIR SERVICE Communications with respect to t his document should be sent to: James Kogutek Vice President, Network & Schedule Planning Silver Airways Corp. 1100 Lee Wagener Blvd., Suite 201 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315 (954) 302-5929 (Telephone) (954) 359-2776 (Fax) jamie.kogutek@silverairways.com

September 4, 2014- 1 - BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ Essential Air Service at: ) ) Beckley, West Virginia ) DOT-OST-1997-2761 ) Under 49 U.S.C. § 41731 et seq. )

NOTICE OF INTENT OF SILVER AIRWAYS CORP. TO TERMINATE SCHEDULED AIR SERVICE Silver Airways Corp. (“Silver Airways”), pursuant to Part 323 o f the Department’s regulations, hereby provides not ice of its intention to discont inue subsidized sche duled air service between Beckley, West Virginia (“ BKW”) and Washington’s Dulles International Airport (“IAD”). Silver Airways intends to discontinue this service ef fective December 3, 2014 or such earlier date as permitted by the Department in connection with the pending replacement carrier selection proceeding for BKW. 1 By Order 2012-4-32 (Apr. 30, 2012), the Department selected Sil ver Airways to provide subsidized essential air service (“EAS”) under a two-year contr act at BKW. Unfortunately, and as part of Silver Airways’ transition from a United Express carrie r to an alliance-style codeshare partner of United Airlines, we will no longer be able to displa y the UA* designator code on flights operated by Silver Airways at BKW. Thus, Silver Airways has d etermined it will be unable to

sustain this service.

1 By Order 2014-2-13 (Feb. 19, 2014) the Department requested p roposals from carriers interested in providing EAS

at BKW. Proposals were submitte d by Silver Airways, Boutique A ir and City Link Air, however, Silver Airways subsequently withdrew its proposal given the forthcoming remova l of the United Airlines’ UA* designator code on flights operated by Silver Airways at BKW. On June 18, 2014, t he EAS community notified the Department that it was rejecting the proposals submitted by Boutique Air and Ci ty Link Air. By Order 2014-7-11 (Jul. 18, 2014), the Department re-solicited propo sals for EAS at BKW. Two carr iers – Charter Air Transport and Sun Air – submitted proposals in response to the re-solicitation.Silver Airways Corp. Notice of Intent to Termina te Scheduled Air Service

- 2 - Additionally, and as Silver Airway s has previously indicated in recent notices of intent to terminate scheduled air service, changes to Federal Aviation Ad ministration flight and duty limitation and rest rules have negatively impacted Silver Airwa ys’ capability to maintain service at a number of EAS communities. In particular, the new pilot d uty and rest requirements have increased nearly all airlines’ pilot hiring needs, contributing to an acute nationwide regional airline pilot shortage that has disproportionately impacted Silver Airw ays. In fact, the termination of our

services at BKW and the re-alloc ation of our pilots used for Sa ab340Bplus flying at BKW will allow us, in the midst of the ongoing regional carrier pilot sh ortage, to maintain scheduled air

services at other EAS communitie s we serve with Saab340Bplus ai rcraft. The arrival and departure times o f the discontinue d flights cov ered by this notice of intent

to terminate scheduled air service are as follows:

FROM TO DEP ARR FLT EQP FREQ STP NOTE

STA STA TIME TIME NUM

IAD BKW 08:08 09:29 4051 SF3 X7 0 IAD BKW 17:45 19:04 4054 SF3 X6 0

BKW IAD 09:47 11:40 4051 SF3 X7 1 via SHD BKW IAD 19:29 20:42 4054 SF3 X6 0

The discontinuation of Silver Airways’ scheduled air services a t BKW will reduce air transportation to a level below the EAS determination set forth in Order 2012-4-32 because, at present, BKW does not receive sc heduled air service from any ot her certificated air carrier. Prior to ending its scheduled air services at BKW, Silver Airways wil l contact all passengers holding

reservations on discontinued fli ghts to notify them of the sche dule change and assist them in arranging alternate transportati on or provide them with a refun d of their ticket price, without penalty, if requested.Silver Airways Corp. Notice of Intent to Termina te Scheduled Air Service

- 3 - Any objections to the notice prov ided herein must be filed with in twenty (20) days from the date of this filing, in accordance with 14 C.F.R. §§ 323.9 and 323.10. Silver Airways will make all required notificati ons as outlined in 14 C.F.R. § 323. 7.

Respectfully submitted,

James Kogutek Vice President, Network & Schedule Planning Silver Airways Corp. 1100 Lee Wagener Blvd., Suite 201 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315 (954) 302-5929 (Telephone) (954) 359-2776 (Fax) jamie.kogutek@silverairways.com Dated: September 4, 2014CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, James Kogutek, hereby certif y that I have this 4th day of Se ptember 2014, caused the foregoing Notice to be served upon t hose persons listed below, in accordance with 14 C.F.R. § 323.4(a)(7).

Kevin Schlemmer EAS & Domestic Analysis Division Chief U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, D.C. 20590 kevin.schlemmer@dot.gov FAA Flight Standards District Office 301 Eagle Mountain Road Charleston, W.V. 25311 Keith Wood, Director Aviation Division West Virginia Depart ment of Transportation 502 Eagle Mountain Road Charleston, W.V. 25311 Mayor William A. "Bill" O’Brien City Hall 409 S Kanawha Street Beckley, W.V. 25801 Tom Cochran, Airport Manager Raleigh County Memorial Airport 176 Airport Circle Beaver, W.V. 25813

______________________ James Kogutek